consume
Example Sentences
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I’m painfully aware that our home was not the first, nor only house ever consumed by fire.
From Los Angeles Times
He thinks this is partly because AI took so much scut work off people’s plates that their days became consumed by high-level thinking—and they were burning out.
Lower prices represent mostly good news for businesses that consume oil, such as fuel makers and airlines.
The current recommendations call for healthy adults to consume 0.8 grams.
The new guidelines recommend avoiding added sugars, and for those consuming them, limiting to 10 grams for a single meal.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.