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consumption

[kuhn-suhmp-shuhn] / kənˈsʌmp ʃən /


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Behavioral testing found no meaningful differences between treated and untreated animals in movement, water consumption, anxiety-like behavior, or fecal production.

From Science Daily Jul. 24, 2026

Cyclosporiasis has taught Clare some hard lessons, like the importance of cleaning fruit and vegetables before consumption, which he "never" used to do.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

“Wheat is a significant driver of food prices…through direct consumption, processed food inputs, and cross-commodity linkages,” Maley adds.

From MarketWatch Jul. 24, 2026

A 2022 study of more than 150,000 former smokers compared those who did and didn’t stick to recommendations for maintaining body weight, staying physically active, eating a healthy diet and limiting alcohol consumption.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

I stated that the food was unfit for human consumption.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

Cutting meat consumptions — particularly red meat, particularly in high-income countries — represents an opportunity to lower methane emissions.

From Salon Sep. 17, 2024

Religious celebrations — what with sacred slaughters, a stress on all things kosher, ritualized consumptions — are a particular point of tension for Jews who eat vegan.

From Salon Aug. 31, 2021

Bullein claims "the best milk that helpeth against consumptions is woman's milk".

From BBC Apr. 20, 2016

Each individual has to pay for their own consumptions choices.

From Forbes Apr. 5, 2015

The coal consumptions have been reduced 16.7 per cent. in the last ten years and 27.9 per cent. in the last nineteen.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 821, September 26, 1891 by Various




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