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consumption

[kuhn-suhmp-shuhn] / kənˈsʌmp ʃən /


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All of this helps exports while depressing consumption and imports.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

Licadho said it has documented 23 suicides and dozens of cases of migration, child labor and decreased food consumption linked to microfinance debt.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Mayor of Boston, Michelle Wu, said her office was working on opening a "consumption area" for supporters.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

Similarly, economists expect the personal consumption expenditures price index, the Fed’s preferred inflation measure, to top 4% year to year when the Bureau of Economic Analysis reports the May reading later this month.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

Any other thing a person might eat—a banana, an egg, the bean called mangwansi, a piece of fire-blackened antelope flesh—was just the opposite, and its consumption was seen as a remarkable, possibly uncalled-for occasion.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver




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