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consuming

[kuhn-soo-ming] / kənˈsu mɪŋ /
ADJECTIVE
absorbing
Synonyms


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How do you think about the difference between consuming content on, say, Netflix versus scrolling on TikTok?

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

“This continued acceleration will drive the narrative that Anthropic & OpenAI are consuming all IT budgets,” Thill wrote, especially considering that 77% of Jefferies’s software coverage is expected to show decelerating revenue growth in 2026.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026

Artificial intelligence is consuming enormous amounts of electricity in the United States.

From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2026

Look more closely at many major innovations throughout history and you’ll find a similar process of so-called simultaneous invention—different researchers consuming the same material and reaching similar conclusions independently.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

The English public, now consuming some eighteen pounds of sugar a year, knew little about the lives of the enslaved Africans whose labor sweetened their meals.

From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson




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