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consumption

[kuhn-suhmp-shuhn] / kənˈsʌmp ʃən /


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The facilities will operate as what the companies on Monday called flexible energy assets, supporting power grids by modulating consumption and leveraging on-site generation and storage.

From The Wall Street Journal

Alongside risks to inflation, the conflict could dent confidence, keeping household savings elevated and weighing on consumption.

From The Wall Street Journal

Around 70% of Japan’s consumption of naphtha, a key feedstock for plastics, comes from the Middle East.

From The Wall Street Journal

Western companies are betting that global consumption of the fuel will rise for decades even as economies try to wean themselves off other fossil fuels.

From The Wall Street Journal

What could we learn if we thought about movies outside of a straight stream of consumption, and what are we missing by relegating movie-watching to such an automatic process?

From Salon