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consumption

[kuhn-suhmp-shuhn] / kənˈsʌmp ʃən /


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At the national level, direct data-center water consumption is roughly 3% of what golf courses use.

From MarketWatch Sep. 18, 2026

If Chinese import demand continues to recover, more of the burden of adjusting global consumption would fall on the rest of the world, Capital Economics said.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 17, 2026

It represents about 15% of rice consumption worldwide.

From Science Daily Sep. 17, 2026

But electricity bills are only part of a backlash that has spread across the country, fueled by concerns over water consumption, pollution, noise and lucrative tax breaks offered to wealthy technology companies.

From Barron's Sep. 16, 2026

She prodded Miele, gently, to cut his weekly egg consumption to two, from seven.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times

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

From Salon Sep. 17, 2024

Because of Covid-19 and the sanctions, this trade was stopped - and his relatives had to sell for domestic consumptions for a much lower return, making it "hard to survive".

From BBC Mar. 7, 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

Each individual has to pay for their own consumptions choices.

From Forbes Apr. 5, 2015

Amongst these are obstructions, distention of the body, rickets, scrophula, slow fevers, consumptions, and convulsion fits.

From The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families by Mary Eaton




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