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Recent Examples of eat In a viral clip, shared on Instagram in September under the username @dharmas_dogs, the senior pup wakes up from his nap as the poster calls them over for breakfast, alerting his hard-of-hearing sister before heading to eat. Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025 Key Takeaways There's no best time to eat chia seeds, but having them in the morning or as a snack can boost energy and keep you full longer. Heather Jones, Verywell Health, 10 Oct. 2025 There’s a lot of stress eating in this movie. Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025 The Florida Department of Health advises that adults can eat two meals of snakehead per week or per month depending on where the fish are caught. Steve Waters, Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for eat
Recent Examples of Synonyms for eat
Verb
  • This is a record of warmth and passion, one that hangs on the conviction that nobody has ever felt so consumed by the dizzy, wild and blissed-out rush of infatuation.
    Sophie Williams, Billboard, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The advice in the 2025 scientific reports hasn't changed much from previous years, and includes an emphasis on consuming fruits and vegetables, lean meats and whole grains.
    Brittney Melton, NPR, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • No matter the amount of money lost, being scammed can damage mental and physical health, erode self-confidence and diminish one’s quality of life.
    Madhusree Mukerjee, Scientific American, 8 Oct. 2025
  • If women, Black and brown Americans, and immigrants were driven out of the ranks, recruitment would crater, readiness would erode, and cohesion would collapse.
    Loree Sutton, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Meghan, 44, Harry, 41, and Williams, 44, all dined at New York's Soho House.
    Jillian Frankel, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
  • This is an elevated, but approachable, dining experience awash in Texas hospitality.
    Kristen Tribe, Southern Living, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • House Republicans haven’t even bothered to show up to work since the shutdown began.
    David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 9 Oct. 2025
  • What continued to bother him was the strange feeling of impending disaster.
    Marguerite Reiss, Outdoor Life, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Cool-season grasses like Kentucky bluegrass, tall fescue, and perennial ryegrass have the most active growth during fall, so feeding during September or October means the grass roots will absorb fertilizer well.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Researchers used census data to analyze the sociodemographic makeup of the communities near feeding operations.
    Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In practice, Musk bowed to authoritarian governments or banned critical journalists when their reporting annoyed him.
    Jacob Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Joe proceeded to get drunk, annoy her (and multiple other cast members), and ultimately exit the party early to pass out in his room.
    Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • My mother-in-law serves cowboy candy every holiday over a block of cream cheese (think pepper jelly but with a tiny bit more heat), but some folks like to snack on them as is.
    Katherine Polcari, Southern Living, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Guests sip wine and snack on cheeseboards on the wraparound porch.
    Bryan West, USA Today, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Daily Stride Comfort No-show Socks There is nothing that bugs me more than no-show socks that curl up underneath your foot minutes into wearing them.
    Melony Forcier, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2025
  • At the end of the 19th century, Phylloxera bugs infected vineyards across Europe but a solution was found, and viticulture adapted and continued.
    Miguel A. Torres, Time, 3 Oct. 2025

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“Eat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eat. Accessed 12 Oct. 2025.

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