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consumption

[kuhn-suhmp-shuhn] / kənˈsʌmp ʃən /


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Mayor of Boston, Michelle Wu, said her office was working on opening a "consumption area" for supporters.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

The missing three million barrels are roughly equal to the combined daily oil consumption of Italy and France.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Named after 19th-century economist William Stanley Jevons, the paradox states that increased efficiency leading to falling costs can actually increase consumption.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Similarly, economists expect the personal consumption expenditures price index, the Fed’s preferred inflation measure, to top 4% year to year when the Bureau of Economic Analysis reports the May reading later this month.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

The medicine goes into effect thirty minutes after consumption, but if I forget to take it, the effects afterward are unpredictable.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers




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