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Country, for example, brings up the matter of consumption (5)

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I believe the answer is:

usage

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'consumption' is the definition.
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'country for example brings up' is the wordplay.
'country' becomes 'usa' (U.S.A. is an example**).
'for example' becomes 'eg' ('e.g.' can be a synonym of 'for example').
'brings up' says the letters should be written in reverse (I've seen 'brought up' mean this (down clues only)).
'eg' back-to-front is 'ge'.
'usa'+'ge'='USAGE'

'the matter of' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for usage that I've seen before include "Convention" , "linguistic custom?" , "Way of treating" , "Particular meaning of a word" , "Customary way in which language is spoken or written" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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