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consumption

[kuhn-suhmp-shuhn] / kənˈsʌmp ʃən /


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Asian economies are in the midst of an epic export boom, which is masking weakness in consumption and other engines of growth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

“The big driver is really much more about consumption patterns,” said Jeff Colgan, director of the Climate Solutions Lab.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

"The main challenge is persistently weak domestic demand, particularly consumption and property investment, which additional infrastructure spending is unlikely to reverse quickly," she said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

These include greater consumption of ultra-processed foods and sugary drinks, childhood obesity, physical inactivity/sedentary behavior, antibiotic exposure, and air pollution.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

The correlation is probably explained by the relative wealth of these societies, bringing about both increased milk consumption and more cancer due to greater longevity.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos

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

From Salon ● Sep. 17, 2024

Because of Covid-19 and the sanctions, this trade was stopped - and his relatives had to sell for domestic consumptions for a much lower return, making it "hard to survive".

From BBC ● Mar. 7, 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

Each individual has to pay for their own consumptions choices.

From Forbes ● Apr. 5, 2015

A scorbutic disorder, resembling the worst stage of the itch, consumptions, and fluxes, are their chief disorders.

From A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay to the Northern Ocean in the Years 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772 New Edition with Introduction, Notes, and Illustrations by J. B. Tyrrell


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