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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
consume .
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Examples
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The physician in that type of case may or may not have committed malpractice, but admitting the label consumes time without giving the jury useful information.
Colloquy : Northwestern University Law Review Northwestern University Law Review 2009
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Interestingly they something about the use of energy here, that using the brain consumes more energy than when it relaxes in sleep.
Archive 2009-04-01 Bente Lilja Bye 2009
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Interestingly they something about the use of energy here, that using the brain consumes more energy than when it relaxes in sleep.
Sweet Dreams Bente Lilja Bye 2009
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A reactor, which would produce more fuel than it consumes, is called a breeder.
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Other assemblers will generate a FAR call, having the same functional effect; but the FAR call consumes more program space, and takes more time to execute.
DOCUMENTATION: A86 Assembler Package by Eric Isaacson Chapter 9 1990
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After more prayers the priest takes and consumes, that is, swallows, the sacred Host and drinks the precious blood from the chalice.
Baltimore Catechism No. 4 (of 4) An Explanation of the Baltimore Catechism of Christian Doctrine Thomas L. Kinkead
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What a rich man gives and what he consumes, that is his real worth.
Book of Wise Sayings Selected Largely from Eastern Sources William Alexander Clouston 1869
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An average video call consumes five to 10 times more bandwidth than a voice call, according to
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An average video call consumes five to 10 times more bandwidth than a voice call, according to
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The U.S. now gets only about 9 percent of the oil it consumes from the Persian Gulf.
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