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as in devours
to destroy all trace of
massive fires had consumed hundreds of square miles of forest
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as in spends
to make complete use of
the mining company consumed all of the local mineral resources and then moved on
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as in eats
to take in as food
hungry enough to consume most of the pie
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Recent Examples of consumes
Yet a cannabis marketer who consumes — or, just as notably, one who doesn’t — often finds their professional credibility subjected to a level of scrutiny that has no real parallel elsewhere.
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Peter Su,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2026
One early target is underground mine ventilation, which consumes a significant share of electricity at subsurface operations.
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Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
2 July 2026
The reason, much like its peers, is controlling costs as AI spending consumes an ever-greater share of its overall budget.
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Andrew Nusca,
Fortune,
1 July 2026
All in all, the researchers estimated their new device consumes at most one-tenth the power of current state-of-the-art electronic neuromorphic hardware.
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IEEE Spectrum,
18 June 2026
The brain consumes roughly 20% of the body’s total energy supply, and estrogen helps neurons access that fuel efficiently.
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Lauryn Higgins,
Flow Space,
17 June 2026
Heating and cooling buildings consumes 35% of all the energy used in the United States each year.
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Moncef Krarti,
The Conversation,
15 June 2026
Peter Su,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2026
One early target is underground mine ventilation, which consumes a significant share of electricity at subsurface operations.
—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
2 July 2026
The reason, much like its peers, is controlling costs as AI spending consumes an ever-greater share of its overall budget.
—
Andrew Nusca,
Fortune,
1 July 2026
All in all, the researchers estimated their new device consumes at most one-tenth the power of current state-of-the-art electronic neuromorphic hardware.
—
IEEE Spectrum,
18 June 2026
The brain consumes roughly 20% of the body’s total energy supply, and estrogen helps neurons access that fuel efficiently.
—
Lauryn Higgins,
Flow Space,
17 June 2026
Heating and cooling buildings consumes 35% of all the energy used in the United States each year.
—
Moncef Krarti,
The Conversation,
15 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for consumes
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Regardless, there’s a clear symbolism to Clark empathizing and embracing a bloated externalization of his own inchoate fury until someone with an outside perspective disturbs his peace, and that fury breaks loose and devours him.
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In my experience, urgency devours strategy for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
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The amount a farmer spends on fertilizer is a small fraction of the total cost to grow food and get it to grocery store shelves.
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Pz’ spends much of his proper debut, No Turning Back, equally baffled by his good fortune and ready to fasten it to his side with a Gucci strap before anyone else can take it.
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But discovering neighborhood gems remains central to how Vetri eats in his own city.
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If a person eats undercooked meat containing cysticerci, the larvae will develop into adult tapeworms in the person’s intestinal tract and live there, possibly for years.
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Make sure to empty any excess water that drains into the saucer to keep the roots from getting soggy.
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If a demanding day drains you, take a short break before making a purchase.
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Watching this scene, and much of the film, exhausts me.
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If the search for a large outdoor planter exhausts you—just get a terra-cotta planter.
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An $8,000 Ryvid Anthem or a $10,000 Maeving RM1S will deliver broadly similar urban usability, while the $12,500 Zero FXE absolutely demolishes it on power-per-dollar.
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The latest filing demolishes the timeworn claim that DOGE was infiltrated into Social Security in order to responsibly ferret out fraud and overspending.
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Often, firming lotions are thick and leave a white cast, but this Olay option, which more than 30,000 buyers have picked up in the past month alone, is lightweight, non-greasy, and absorbs quickly.
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As artificial intelligence rapidly absorbs routine coding, research, analysis, and administrative tasks, many of the entry-level roles that once introduced young people to professional life are being transformed.
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Every dollar of capital reduction at a large bank increases, at the margin, the probability that a stress event depletes the DIF and reaches the public balance sheet.
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Concentration burns glucose, decision-making depletes mental energy reserves, and by mid-afternoon, the prefrontal cortex is operating at a fraction of its morning capacity.
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“Consumes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consumes. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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