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consumption

[kuhn-suhmp-shuhn] / kənˈsʌmp ʃən /


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One study, covering Ethiopia, saw a significant drop in food consumption among households that took the loans.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Multiple cohort studies also show that regular tea consumption can lower the risk of all-cause mortality, CVDs, and certain cancers.

From Science Daily • Jun. 9, 2026

That will come as some comfort to Beijing as it looks to shift the country's drivers of growth away from manufacturing and towards domestic consumption.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

His messages on Sunday night that he would stop Netanyahu may have been meant for Tehran's consumption to distance Washington from Israel's strikes.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

By shortening the intestines and decreasing their energy consumption, cooking inadvertently opened the way to the jumbo brains of Neanderthals and Sapiens.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari




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