overconsumption
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The researchers say the gap between that sustainable estimate and today's global population of 8.3 billion highlights the scale of worldwide overconsumption.
From Science Daily • May 27, 2026
The chocolate itself is now often reduced to a meme about TikTok-trend overconsumption often lumped into the category of Labubu dolls, matcha and Crumbl Cookies.
From Salon • May 6, 2026
Anxieties about overconsumption and environmental degradation lie beneath the playfulness.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2026
Hamblin agrees social media has "probably accelerated trend cycles a bit too fast" which he says "doesn't help with overconsumption and people understanding their true taste".
From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026
Finally we die, many of us martyrs to overconsumption of food.
From Maintaining Health Formerly Health and Efficiency by Alsaker, R. L.
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