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consuming

adjective as in absorbing

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Another study found that eating salmon produced a stronger muscle-building response than consuming a processed blend with the same nutrients in identical proportions.

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In fact they found that the lonely planet's hunger had grown stronger over time, consuming over six billion tonnes of material per second!

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The move reflects how many people are consuming their podcasts not just by listening, but by watching the podcasters conduct their discussions on video.

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Regularly consuming an addictive substance then causes a rewiring of several important brain systems, leading the person to crave more and more of it.

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They "play a central role in the food web, consuming fish and invertebrates and recycling nutrients" and are one of the "keystone species" of their ecosystem.

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