ingested; ingesting; ingests
: to take in for or as if for digestion
Examples of ingest in a Sentence
The drug is more easily ingested in pill form.
claims that the average person ingests considerably more calories than is necessary or desirable
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Symptoms of salmonella poisoning Symptoms of salmonella poisoning usually start six hours to six days after ingesting the bacteria.
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Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 2 June 2026
Their scores and models ingest periodic financial and operating data; feed them half as often and the ratings that increasingly steer lending and capital allocation grow staler and noisier — with the lag invisible to the end users who act on them.
—Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Its Resolver platform uses AI to ingest security information and help risk managers run remediations with an audit trail, cutting the lag time between detecting a breach and containing it.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 June 2026
Some of the victims who ingested the salt threw up, collapsed in their parents' arms, or were found unresponsive in bed, hotel rooms and vehicles, prosecutors said, Reuters reports.
—Kc Baker, PEOPLE, 1 June 2026
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Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 2 June 2026
Their scores and models ingest periodic financial and operating data; feed them half as often and the ratings that increasingly steer lending and capital allocation grow staler and noisier — with the lag invisible to the end users who act on them.
—Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Its Resolver platform uses AI to ingest security information and help risk managers run remediations with an audit trail, cutting the lag time between detecting a breach and containing it.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 June 2026
Some of the victims who ingested the salt threw up, collapsed in their parents' arms, or were found unresponsive in bed, hotel rooms and vehicles, prosecutors said, Reuters reports.
—Kc Baker, PEOPLE, 1 June 2026
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“Ingest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ingest. Accessed 3 Jun. 2026.
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in-ˈjest 
: to take in for or as if for digestion
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