devour
Example Sentences
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A data center for AI training can devour as much electricity as 1,000 Walmart stores, while an AI search can use 10 times the amount of energy as a google search.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026
They diligently tune in to earnings calls and company filings, and devour every piece of content featuring Chief Executive Alex Karp.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 25, 2025
Several years ago, a smaller black bear broke into a Nestlé cookie shop to devour ice cream, Murin said.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2025
The cellphone is a tool that will devour its user, if we don’t fight back.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 7, 2025
Whereas a vole can consume about 200 cocoons a day, a shrew, depend ing on the species, may devour up to 800!
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
