consuming
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“This continued acceleration will drive the narrative that Anthropic & OpenAI are consuming all IT budgets,” Thill wrote, especially considering that 77% of Jefferies’s software coverage is expected to show decelerating revenue growth in 2026.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026
Traditional computers perform these calculations step by step, consuming large amounts of energy.
From Science Daily • Apr. 7, 2026
Patients must wait 30 minutes before consuming anything else.
From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026
The consuming passion of her work is not what it used to be because it’s physical.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026
Exhaustion consuming him, his mind wandered to his short time in the Maze, his time as a Runner and how much he’d wanted it—ever since that first night in the Glade.
From "The Maze Runner" by James Dashner
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.