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consuming

[kuhn-soo-ming] / kənˈsu mɪŋ /
ADJECTIVE
absorbing
Synonyms


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If substrate makers begin consuming ABF faster than Ajinomoto can make it, the company will inevitably be forced to raise prices, said Jukan Choe, an analyst with Citrini Research.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

Most recently, OpenAI has committed to consuming 2 gigawatts of Tranium compute.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

How do you think about the difference between consuming content on, say, Netflix versus scrolling on TikTok?

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

The dividend looks solid, too, consuming only about a third of H&R Block’s annual profit.

From Barron's • Apr. 6, 2026

A cell’s metabolic identity—i.e., whether it was consuming lactose or glucose—could be ascertained not by the sequence of its genes, which was always constant, but by the amount of RNA that a gene was producing.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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