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consumption

CEFR: B2

The utilization and depletion of resources, or the dietary ingestion of calories and nutrients.

Synonyms

depletion
intake

Common Collocations

energy consumption
conspicuous consumption
reduce consumption

Example Sentence

Per capita energy consumption in industrialized economies far exceeds sustainable ecological limits.

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