1
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
Welcome back to The Prompt, Microsoft debuted designs for a new type of data center that consumes zero water to cool its chips and servers.
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Rashi Shrivastava, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
In addition to the financial commitment, the system consumes significant personnel resources.
—Lars Daniel, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
Similarly, bleaching with chemicals like permanganate or hypochlorite, which consumes substantial water, can be replaced by ozone bleaching using air, significantly reducing water usage and simplifying the drying process.
—Sj Studio, Sourcing Journal, 5 Dec. 2024
The more vigorous the struggle to escape, the more debt that consumes the drowning victim.
—Forrest Claypool, Chicago Tribune, 5 Dec. 2024
Social media algorithms are designed to keep us engaged, often leading us down rabbit holes of content that offers little value yet consumes significant time.
—Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
Recycling foil helps reduce waste and minimizes the demand for raw aluminum production, a process that consumes about 95% more energy than recycling existing aluminum and generates significant greenhouse gas emissions like carbon dioxide.
—Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 1 Dec. 2024
This requirement consumes a lot of energy and limits their practical use.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 27 Nov. 2024
The developing world currently consumes about half of the world’s energy.
—Hersh Shefrin, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
Rashi Shrivastava, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
In addition to the financial commitment, the system consumes significant personnel resources.
—Lars Daniel, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
Similarly, bleaching with chemicals like permanganate or hypochlorite, which consumes substantial water, can be replaced by ozone bleaching using air, significantly reducing water usage and simplifying the drying process.
—Sj Studio, Sourcing Journal, 5 Dec. 2024
The more vigorous the struggle to escape, the more debt that consumes the drowning victim.
—Forrest Claypool, Chicago Tribune, 5 Dec. 2024
Social media algorithms are designed to keep us engaged, often leading us down rabbit holes of content that offers little value yet consumes significant time.
—Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
Recycling foil helps reduce waste and minimizes the demand for raw aluminum production, a process that consumes about 95% more energy than recycling existing aluminum and generates significant greenhouse gas emissions like carbon dioxide.
—Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 1 Dec. 2024
This requirement consumes a lot of energy and limits their practical use.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 27 Nov. 2024
The developing world currently consumes about half of the world’s energy.
—Hersh Shefrin, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for consumes
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As much time as the audience spends on the main characters’ dialogue, the camera also lingers on everything from the various settings of a rapidly expanding Macondo to the loaves of bread and soups in Úrsula’s kitchen.Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
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In his writings, Mangione criticized corporations for increasing their profits and noted how the United States spends the most money on healthcare while only ranking forty-second in worldwide life expectancy, according to the report.Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 10 Dec. 2024
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In this classic business story scenario, the nimble new kid on the block eats the lunch of the clumsy giant set in their old ways.Adrian Dearnell, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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Ramey-Torres eats happily within an eight-hour window.Matt Fuchs, TIME, 9 Dec. 2024
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The charge against Baldwin was dismissed with prejudice, meaning it can’t be brought back to court after the prosecution exhausts its appeals.Lauren Irwin, The Hill, 26 Nov. 2024
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This is essential as Ukraine exhausts its Soviet-era stocks and transitions to more advanced NATO weapons.Dan Altman, Foreign Affairs, 12 July 2022
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This dust absorbs light from the core, reddening it and making the dust appear rusty brown.Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2024
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This then absorbs more heat, leading to more ice melting.Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 6 Dec. 2024
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The company's smart building systems optimize energy consumption across all properties, while heat pump technology reduces reliance on traditional energy sources.Christopher Marquis, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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This precision reduces wasted ad spend and increases conversion likelihood, making advertising efforts more efficient and cost-effective.Fatima Yusuf, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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The scans identified the same levels of activity in the dopamine-rich areas of the brain in both groups and suggest that, for some, the excitement of romance burns brightly for, regardless of time.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
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Bon has also created prints and giant photo negatives made with shipping containers where there is no developing, just the light which burns into the metal in the film, which are on the walls surrounding the sculptures.Tom Teicholz, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
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“Consumes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consumes. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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