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At age 65, essential expenses for the average household consume about 45% of income.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026

People who regularly consume larger amounts of caffeinated coffee may gradually develop a tolerance.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026

They have also advised people to use air-conditioners, drink enough water and consume salt, as well as avoid prolonged outdoor activities.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

Beijing wants “to move up the ladder fast and dominate technologies. For that, the fact that people consume and go to the cinema doesn’t really help.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026

Guilt and feelings of inadequacy could consume him.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

In normal circumstances, the world economy consumes a little over 100 million barrels of oil daily.

From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026

The first chapter still consumes me with grief, anger, and inherited trauma.

From Slate ● Jul. 2, 2026

This separation is a phase change that consumes energy, inducing a cooling effect, like when steam evaporates off a cup of hot water.

From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026

Because this process consumes significant amounts of energy, DAC facilities are generally most practical in locations with abundant renewable energy resources.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 11, 2026

In Homo sapiens, the brain accounts for about 2–3 per cent of total body weight, but it consumes 25 per cent of the body’s energy when the body is at rest.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

Investigators are typically working weeks after an outbreak begins, when the food in question has been consumed or discarded, or contamination is no longer detectable.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026

Your inclination toward dreaming, and how easily you are consumed by it, is your heart’s way of creating not just a gorgeous life for yourself, but a more rose-tinted world for everyone.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026

The questionnaires asked participants how often they consumed a standard serving of each food or beverage, with responses ranging from "never or less than once per month" to "6 or more per day."

From Science Daily ● Jul. 23, 2026

In 2025, more than 393,000 hectares had been consumed by flames in Spain, according to the European Forest Fire Information System, the worst toll in the country's recent history.

From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026

The baseball was gone, consumed by the black waters.

From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu

The San Francisco-based startup, a chief rival to OpenAI, said the model tops industry benchmarks for coding and knowledge work while consuming fewer computing resources than earlier versions.

From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026

Oil is at the heart of two major conflicts consuming the world’s attention.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

Among people with optimal blood pressure, consuming 1-3 cups a day was associated with a greater risk of developing high blood pressure.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026

“I think there’s something to be said about what film gives you as an artistic community, versus what digital gives you is just consuming as a capitalistic society,” Saint Marie said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026

However, something then went wrong between them–nobody is quite sure what–and by the following year they had developed an enmity that would grow into consuming hatred over the next thirty years.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson