consumption
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Jakarta promised last week to take "more serious steps to accelerate the development of a national electric vehicle ecosystem" to combat its "high level of energy consumption".
From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026
Social media and streaming became preferred modes of content consumption for young audiences, paving the way for platforms like Netflix, Prime Video, Hulu, Disney+ and HBO Max.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026
Wide-eyed consumption of all the horrors we encounter on an hourly basis may look like attention, but it isn’t so different from indifference.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
A single injection before feeding lowered consumption by up to 50% within an hour.
From Science Daily • Apr. 12, 2026
You’d wonder what the English are thinking about when they take a man that has the consumption and give him a job making sandwiches.
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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