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consumption

[kuhn-suhmp-shuhn] / kənˈsʌmp ʃən /


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“But the good news is that momentum in these data are underestimating overall consumption due to strength in auto sales and resilience in services spending,” he added.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

This makes the recent fall in the markets more worrying - since households, already struggling from a weak job market, high inflation and faltering consumption, are now seeing their equity savings take a beating too.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

Average oil flow through the Strait of Hormuz was at 20 million barrels per day in 2024, or 20% of global petroleum-liquids consumption.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

Decisions like that across the economy show America’s appetite for consumption is expanding.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

But by midday all the daily chores were done; the evening meal was prepared and only awaited consumption.

From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah

Cutting meat consumptions — particularly red meat, particularly in high-income countries — represents an opportunity to lower methane emissions.

From Salon ● Sep. 17, 2024

Religious celebrations — what with sacred slaughters, a stress on all things kosher, ritualized consumptions — are a particular point of tension for Jews who eat vegan.

From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2021

Bullein claims "the best milk that helpeth against consumptions is woman's milk".

From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2016

Each individual has to pay for their own consumptions choices.

From Forbes ● Apr. 5, 2015

The consumptions of the last year, 1849, amount to $544,194, notwithstanding which the notices omit the returns of various mines, haciendas, furnaces, and water-mills.

From Mexico and its Religion With Incidents of Travel in That Country During Parts of the Years 1851-52-53-54, and Historical Notices of Events Connected With Places Visited by Robert A. Wilson




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