consumption
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Impact Japan is highly exposed to oil and gas disruptions: imports meet more than 85% of its energy consumption, and in 2025, nearly all of Japanese crude oil imports transited through Hormuz.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026
What makes Reble compelling is her refusal to soften herself for wider consumption - she resists explaining, translating or flattening her world into something more familiar.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
The core personal consumption expenditures index, which excludes food and energy, was up 3.2% in the latest 12-month reading.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
Director of nutrition, Dr Luz Maria De Regil, said "excess salt consumption remains among the top preventable drivers of death globally" and put the figure at 1.7m deaths a year.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
That’s what the consumption does to you, say the boys at the post office.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
Vocabulary lists containing consumption
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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Natural Resources and the Environment - Introductory
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My Brother Sam is Dead
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