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Recent Examples of eat Another surprise was that, when Keys allowed volunteers to start eating again, their condition worsened. Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2025 How to harvest, preserve and eat them Along with the quinoa and apples, there are plenty of vegetables in this dish and lean protein from the chicken to promote muscle growth and support immune function. Bethany Thayer, Freep.com, 18 Oct. 2025 Paleontologists may have discovered when plant-eating dinosaurs evolved their long necks after a new species of sauropodomorph was found in Argentina. Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2025 There was no other choice — her children needed to eat. Jeff Pearlman, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for eat
Recent Examples of Synonyms for eat
Verb
  • However, customers are advised not to consume the products, per USA Today.
    Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Conventional cleanup techniques often worsen the problem by disturbing soil structures and consuming large amounts of energy.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Attendees were given 3 minutes to speak, same as in the commissioners court, and primarily spoke about jail deaths and the freedom of speech being eroded.
    Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Even as streaming has eroded the ranks of linear viewers in primetime, sports has built new bulwarks.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • However, washing isn’t mandatory, and a raccoon still will dine if there’s no water nearby.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Here is some of the latest in dining news from across San Diego County, as well as some upcoming events for foodies.
    Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Not the kind of thrift store that’s actually thrifty, but the kind of thrift store that doesn’t have any price tags because the people who can afford to shop there don’t need to bother themselves with price tags.
    Lex Goldstein, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Being a double Viking with Swedish and Norman blood on each side of my family, the cold never bothered me.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Eggs from hens fed high-quality feed and given space to roam outdoors tend to have a better flavor and slightly more nutrients.
    Lindsey DeSoto, Health, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Fear, like anxiety, often feeds on isolation, so the stronger your community, the better.
    Sarah Durn, Popular Science, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Ball doesn’t seem annoyed by the memes yet, but the NBA season hasn’t officially started, so there’s still time.
    Scottie Andrew, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2025
  • He was annoyed when people advocated that.
    Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Go-to snack or drink order on the plane?
    Meredith Lepore, Travel + Leisure, 18 Oct. 2025
  • But snack hot spots such as CVS or liquor stores may have entire racks devoted to the category.
    Jolene Thym, Mercury News, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Chinch bugs overwinter in moist, deep thatch.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Co-worker bugging you during heads down time?
    Sam Woodward, USA Today, 10 Oct. 2025

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“Eat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eat. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.

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