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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
The average American consumes more than 200 pounds of meat annually, and that amount is growing.
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Andrew Zaleski, The Atlantic, 30 Mar. 2026
The increases hit Egypt hard given that its population of over 108 million people consumes $20 billion of oil products annually, including fuel used to operate power plants.
—ABC News, 29 Mar. 2026
Processing this information consumes extra energy, further reducing efficiency.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 27 Mar. 2026
About 20% of the oil that the world consumes every day travels via the Strait of Hormuz, which runs along part of Iran’s coast.
—Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 21 Mar. 2026
For example, one weekend session saw Cheyenne Hunt, executive director of Gen Z for Change, and Washington Post staffer Dylan Wells discuss how the public consumes news.
—Karoline Leonard, Austin American Statesman, 18 Mar. 2026
In comparison, growing a single acre of alfalfa consumes as much as 6 acre-feet of water each year, according to University of Arizona's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
—Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 15 Mar. 2026
Plug-in solar generates electricity rather than consumes it.
—Jeff Brady, NPR, 12 Mar. 2026
But fat is not the only tissue in the body that consumes energy or can generate heat in the cold.
—Claudio Villanueva, The Conversation, 11 Mar. 2026
Andrew Zaleski, The Atlantic, 30 Mar. 2026
The increases hit Egypt hard given that its population of over 108 million people consumes $20 billion of oil products annually, including fuel used to operate power plants.
—ABC News, 29 Mar. 2026
Processing this information consumes extra energy, further reducing efficiency.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 27 Mar. 2026
About 20% of the oil that the world consumes every day travels via the Strait of Hormuz, which runs along part of Iran’s coast.
—Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 21 Mar. 2026
For example, one weekend session saw Cheyenne Hunt, executive director of Gen Z for Change, and Washington Post staffer Dylan Wells discuss how the public consumes news.
—Karoline Leonard, Austin American Statesman, 18 Mar. 2026
In comparison, growing a single acre of alfalfa consumes as much as 6 acre-feet of water each year, according to University of Arizona's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
—Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 15 Mar. 2026
Plug-in solar generates electricity rather than consumes it.
—Jeff Brady, NPR, 12 Mar. 2026
But fat is not the only tissue in the body that consumes energy or can generate heat in the cold.
—Claudio Villanueva, The Conversation, 11 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for consumes
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From her experience, the grasshopper drawing attention in Arizona devours everything in its path, whereas the chapulín is tied to greener environments and specific crops, such as cornfields, alfalfa, and squash leaves.—
Nadia Cantú,
AZCentral.com,
25 Mar. 2026
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But May also routinely devours Tool, Nine Inch Nails, and jazz albums from Miles Davis.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
26 Feb. 2026
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Whether or not a school-age child spends their school day on a screen shouldn’t be dependent on where mom or dad can find a job.—
Abby McCloskey,
Boston Herald,
5 Apr. 2026
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Rochester, for example, spends about 250,000 pounds ($330,000) a year on music, a substantial outlay for a provincial cathedral but less than some.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
5 Apr. 2026
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For anyone who eats outdoors along Miami-Dade’s coastline, the findings offer a new way to understand the gulls circling overhead.—
Samantha Agate,
Miami Herald,
30 Mar. 2026
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Because of that, Moody’s has taken a number of downward ratings actions against producers, because the oversupply eats away at margins and the capacity to pay debt is eroding.—
Kevin Williams,
CNBC,
28 Mar. 2026
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Track where sunlight falls throughout the day, note where wind picks up and confirm that water drains away from the area.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Miami Herald,
1 Apr. 2026
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What Sacks doesn’t get is that by financing and diplomatically supporting Israel, our country makes the crimes of the Israeli government possible, which stains America’s reputation in the world and drains our Treasury.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Mar. 2026
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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.—
Business Columnist,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Jan. 2026
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If the city demolishes the building, the costs will be assessed to the property owner.—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
30 Sep. 2025
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As the oil blockade quickly exhausts Cuba’s supply of fuel, triggering a series of lengthy, island-wide blackouts, many here are exhausted and are becoming increasingly vocal about their desire for fundamental changes in Cuba.—
Kate Linthicum,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Mar. 2026
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Board member Nicole Gribstad also urged the committee to include an option that delays such a decision and exhausts all other financial alternatives before closing schools.—
Molly Gibbs,
Mercury News,
11 Feb. 2026
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What if a prolonged market downturn depletes your retirement savings?—
Angela Cullen,
Bloomberg,
20 Mar. 2026
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Russia also hopes the war pulls attention away from Ukraine and depletes Western arsenals.—
J.D. Capelouto,
semafor.com,
8 Mar. 2026
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Eggs Protein is more satiating than fat or carbohydrates, and your body absorbs protein from eggs particularly well, stimulating PYY and GLP-1, while suppressing ghrelin.—
Lauren Panoff,
Verywell Health,
3 Apr. 2026
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But the improvement may not last long as the American economy absorbs fallout from the Iran war and a surge in oil prices.—
Paul Wiseman,
Fortune,
3 Apr. 2026
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“Consumes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consumes. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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