How to Use overconsumption in a Sentence

overconsumption

noun

• Drought and human overconsumption of water from the rivers that feed the lake are the main problem.
  — Evan Bush, NBC News, 7 Dec. 2023
• Here's how – and why should still avoid overconsumption.
  — Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 21 Oct. 2024
• So what does our current overconsumption of lip gloss tell us about young people right now?
  — Kyndall Cunningham, Vox, 5 May 2024
• The higher the consumption rate, the higher the theft rate, and American overconsumption is at an all-time high.
  — WSJ, 24 Oct. 2023
• Roberts said the goal is to help educate people about best practices and how to avoid overconsumption.
  — The Courier-Journal, 1 Feb. 2023
• The story has become a popular way to warn about the risk of resource overconsumption.
  — Alexa Robles-Gil, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Sep. 2024
• The goal: Save money, cut back on overconsumption and be more mindful of wasteful shopping habits.
  — Brittney Melton, NPR, 16 Sep. 2024
• How does one square a business built on overconsumption and constant change with longevity?
  — Brigid Kennedy, The Week, 30 June 2023
• But overconsumption has its limits and Gen Z is beginning to see that.
  — Devika Rao, theweek, 31 July 2024
• Cicadas don't bite or sting, so the biggest issue for pets is overconsumption.
  — Ayana Archie, The Courier-Journal, 19 May 2021
• The project sets out to highlight global crisis of overconsumption and the consequent fashion waste dumped in the global south.
  — Rhonda Richford, WWD, 17 Sep. 2024
• Work to limit lead exposure for other lead sources, such as drinking water, and vary your foods to avoid the overconsumption on lead from one type of food.
  — Alex Groth, Journal Sentinel, 18 Sep. 2024
• The guidelines largely agree with Illinois law that bans false messages, ads aimed at those under 21 or those that show overconsumption.
  — Robert McCoppin, chicagotribune.com, 7 Oct. 2020
• But megadrought and overconsumption aren’t just threats to wildlife, agriculture and industry here.
  — Bill Weir, CNN, 10 Feb. 2023
• While adding more people does put additional stress on the Earth’s resources, experts say the bigger problem is overconsumption by the wealthy, per the AFP.
  — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Nov. 2022
• The hemp chia seeds provide protein and omega-3 fatty acids, which balances overconsumption of omega-6 fatty acids.
  — Heather Mayer Irvine, Men's Health, 19 Jan. 2023
• Giving consumers the same dopamine hit from repairing their items as from buying new ones could help change patterns of overconsumption.
  — Christine Muhlke, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2022
• These are sure to benefit so many who struggle with overconsumption.
  — Star Tribune, 18 June 2021
• Ehrlich, in a recent PloS Biology essay, says overconsumption is dooming the human race and the earth.
  — Keith Kloor, Discover Magazine, 25 May 2010
• If we’re surrounded by enough people who reject overconsumption, our choice to consume less can feel good, too.
  — Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Nov. 2022
• What’s driving the decline of coral reefs is carbon dioxide and fossil fuels and overconsumption.
  — Catrin Einhorn Thea Traff, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2023
• Abuse of the planet is a type of impunity because the planet has no vote, and neither do the future generations who will pay the price for today’s overconsumption.
  — David Miliband, Foreign Affairs, 2 Mar. 2023
• The biggest elephant in the room, however, is overconsumption.
  — Aaron Pressman, Fortune, 13 Nov. 2020
• However, overconsumption and underconsumption are often at odds on social media, with the drive to save battling the drive to buy the hottest new thing.
  — Devika Rao, theweek, 31 July 2024
• Content creators in certain corners of the internet have been talking about the dangers of fast fashion and overconsumption for years.
  — Linda Chong, Washington Post, 24 Feb. 2023
• So that could easily lead to overconsumption of those resources, and even violent conflict over them.
  — Ramin Skibba, WIRED, 3 Mar. 2023
• The consistent overconsumption of calories can lead to weight gain, one of the strongest predictors of obstructive sleep apnea.
  — Erica Jansen, Discover Magazine, 19 Jan. 2024
• And to collectively identify ways of living, making, and being in the world that are not based on extraction, overconsumption, and greed?
  — Anna Louie Sussman, The New York Review of Books, 23 Sep. 2021
• Marie Kondo’s books and TV show offer a gentler treatment of overconsumption, intended to help those whose struggles are not so intense.
  — Kate Cray, The Atlantic, 21 May 2021
• One probable cause of death was the apparent overconsumption of alcohol.
  — Marina Watts, People.com, 7 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Dec 2024