consumptive
Example Sentences
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“Taking steps now to decrease consumptive uses across the Basin will reduce the need to implement draconian measures in the following years.”
From Los Angeles Times
On a financial level, how DeepSeek functions with fewer resources will raise unavoidable sustainability questions when other AI companies attempt to succeed using more consumptive models.
From Salon
Suddenly, even adult celebrities looked like consumptive children.
From Los Angeles Times
"We don't say AI is inherently good or that it is empirically better, just that when we looked at it in these instances, it was less energy consumptive," Torrance said.
From Science Daily
“Although we ought to feel good about our collective effort to retain desperately needed storage, we must remain vigilant to continue the hard work to reduce consumptive use,” Schmidt wrote.
From Los Angeles Times
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