consumptive

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The majority of IBM’s software follows a consumptive and instance-related pricing model, not SaaS, and we think that is a better place to be.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

“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 • Sep. 14, 2025

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 • Jan. 30, 2025

"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 • Apr. 2, 2024

Soon the Laughing Man was regularly crossing the Chinese border into Paris, France, where he enjoyed flaunting his high but modest genius in the face of Marcel Dufarge, the internationally famous detective and witty consumptive.

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger