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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Typically, adults ingest seven to nine milligrams of aluminum daily.
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Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
But killing off the current information ecosystem means that AIs will increasingly ingest new content written by other AIs, because the humans who produced the content are gone or will be soon.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 July 2025
If food is not ingested the next day, the body consumes its carbohydrate stores, hunger sets in and weight loss begins.
—Michal Ruprecht, NPR, 29 July 2025
Zuniga and three other women ingested the drugs between meals and became severely ill, according to the affidavit.
—Samara Gerstle, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 July 2025
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Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
But killing off the current information ecosystem means that AIs will increasingly ingest new content written by other AIs, because the humans who produced the content are gone or will be soon.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 July 2025
If food is not ingested the next day, the body consumes its carbohydrate stores, hunger sets in and weight loss begins.
—Michal Ruprecht, NPR, 29 July 2025
Zuniga and three other women ingested the drugs between meals and became severely ill, according to the affidavit.
—Samara Gerstle, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for ingest
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“Ingest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ingest. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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in·gest
in-ˈjest 
: to take in for or as if for digestion
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