consume
Example Sentences
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Instead, they rely heavily on the food they consume in Arctic feeding areas.
From Science Daily • Apr. 13, 2026
A smelter can consume as much power as a large U.S. city.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
“At the end of the day, I think that this industry to which I belong needs to earn the social permission to consume energy,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2026
“With no resupply, refrigeration, or late-load capability, all meals must be carefully selected to remain safe, shelf-stable, and easy to prepare and consume in NASA’s Orion spacecraft.”
From Salon • Apr. 10, 2026
In the supermarket they let Gogol fill the cart with items that he and Sonia, but not they, consume: individually wrapped slices of cheese, mayonnaise, tuna fish, hot dogs.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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