consumption
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“At this point, we assume a headwind to consumption, inflation and Fed rate considerations, probably manageable so long as the current cease-fire trends to a wind down of hostilities over the next several weeks.”
From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026
Social media and streaming became preferred modes of content consumption for young audiences, paving the way for platforms like Netflix, Prime Video, Hulu, Disney+ and HBO Max.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026
Wide-eyed consumption of all the horrors we encounter on an hourly basis may look like attention, but it isn’t so different from indifference.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
A single injection before feeding lowered consumption by up to 50% within an hour.
From Science Daily • Apr. 12, 2026
The dread of tuberculosis was in every home then, because there was not a family that had not lost one of its members to consumption, so Clara decided to go and fetch her.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
Vocabulary lists containing consumption
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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