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consume
verb as in use up
Strongest matches
absorb, deplete, devour, dominate, drain, eat up, employ, exhaust, expend, obsess, preoccupy, spend, waste
Strong matches
apply, dissipate, drivel, engross, finish, go, lavish, lessen, monopolize, squander, trifle, utilize, vanish
Weak matches
avail oneself of, finish up, fritter away, frivol away, go through, have recourse to, profit by, put away, put to use, run out of, run through, throw away, wash up, wear out
verb as in eat, drink
Example Sentences
Americans would never change their habits of consumption, he asserted, but new immigrants would only consume more, rising to this country’s standard of living and expanding the net environmental burden on the world.
As for managing my feelings, I’m careful and selective as to what news or information I consume.
There is another trend that has made its mark in cities since the first Trump election in 2016: the dramatic change in the way people consume information.
In building a social media site that does not go out of its way to be unusable for people distributing news or trying to consume it, Bluesky has been an innovator.
“We consume in New York City about a billion gallons of water every single day,” Iscol said.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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