consumption
Example Sentences
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Past studies have explored connections between finger length and alcohol consumption, recovery after Covid-19 infection, and oxygen use in football players.
From Science Daily
A consumption slowdown, if it took hold, would hit at the key driver of the US economy, with consumer spending accounting for more than two-thirds of GDP.
From Barron's
For instance, LGC is advising the UK government and working on DNA methods to identify foods containing the four insect species allowed for sale for human consumption.
From BBC
At such levels, wealth starts to rival wages as the driver of consumption, at least for the affluent households who own most stocks.
Her immediate economic priorities include a temporary cut to a consumption tax on food to give households some relief from rising prices.
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