devour

Example Sentences

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Tech is having a tough week, with fresh fears AI is going to devour software and now Alphabet’s eye-popping capital spending plans to absorb.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 5, 2026

“Of course it’s true. Division is a fairly recent beast that wants to devour us.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 24, 2025

But to spend less than $1,000, I knew this strategy wouldn’t work, since ride-shares, especially with the surge pricing that traffic jams trigger, would devour my budget.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

One data center can devour as much electricity as 1,000 Walmart stores, and an AI search can use 10 times the amount of energy as a google search.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025

I was experiencing nostalgia for the life I’d had before, which I would lose at any second, when the world turned and began to devour itself.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover