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consumption

[kuhn-suhmp-shuhn] / kənˈsʌmp ʃən /


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Flavanol levels were still reduced, which suggests PPO activity may continue to matter after consumption, possibly in the stomach.

From Science Daily • May 24, 2026

The Bureau of Economic Analysis releases the personal consumption expenditures price index for April.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

Among other reform ideas, Warsh has discussed changing how the Fed thinks about inflation, including greater emphasis on “better” measures such as the Dallas Fed’s trimmed-mean personal consumption expenditures index.

From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026

Gas is responsible for 90% of energy consumption in ceramics, the report added, meaning previously announced government support on electricity bills would only provide "minimal relief".

From BBC • May 21, 2026

That is how these women produced manioc, and that is how their children ate it: with no apparent thought to the higher purposes of production and consumption.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver




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