consumption
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Instead, companies with significant electricity use—for example, tech companies—will have to report the share of electricity consumption matched with low-carbon electricity on an hourly basis in a bid to improve transparency.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
Mayor of Boston, Michelle Wu, said her office was working on opening a "consumption area" for supporters.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
Similarly, economists expect the personal consumption expenditures price index, the Fed’s preferred inflation measure, to top 4% year to year when the Bureau of Economic Analysis reports the May reading later this month.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
Named after 19th-century economist William Stanley Jevons, the paradox states that increased efficiency leading to falling costs can actually increase consumption.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
At the time, it was said that he died of consumption.
From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly
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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