ate

past tense of eat
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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of ate On one day in late December, Eden barely ate all day. Angela Andaloro, People.com, 5 Aug. 2025 While neither is an effective big league pitcher at this point, those moves ate into the Yankees’ limited rotation depth. Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 4 Aug. 2025 Some theologians argued that Adam and Eve, as well as all the animals in the Garden of Eden, ate only plants. Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 4 Aug. 2025 Modest renovations accomplished that goal — the space pulses with history and nostalgia as old photos hint at how, decades ago, neighbors ate and drank shoulder to shoulder here. Kayleigh Ruller, Charlotte Observer, 10 Apr. 2025 In testing, 75% of users ate a greater variety of plants than before using the app. Nicki Sprinz, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025 Pigs and other animals brought to the island also ate dodo eggs. Mike Snider, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2025 One study found that men who ate whole eggs immediately after resistance exercise experienced greater post-exercise muscle protein synthesis rates than men who consumed egg whites. Jillian Kubala, Rd, Health, 25 Feb. 2025 The Knicks had a good test in front of them and apparently just ate the Scantron instead of filling it out. Zach Harper, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ate
Verb
  • For weeks, the community of Westminster, Colorado, had been consumed by the disappearance of 10-year-old Jessica Ridgeway, who had vanished earlier that month while walking to school.
    Dakin Andone, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Nonetheless, some 120,000 Mint Juleps are consumed across two sunny days at Churchill Downs during the Kentucky Derby, proving that some cocktails can become refreshing daytime summer sippers just by sheer force of will, and a little crushed ice.
    Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In each case — tobacco, alcohol, opioids — the middle ground eroded.
    Jahan Marcu, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025
  • These brawls further eroded democratic norms, while driving voters away from left-wing and moderate parties who seemed helpless to halt them.
    Time, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Prosecutor Andrew Figliuzzi claimed Chambers dined at a Houston restaurant before hitting three bars on the night of the crash, per the Chronicle, allegedly downing at least six alcoholic beverages and using cocaine.
    KC Baker, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Following the blowout win over Las Vegas, Kelce and his fiancée, Taylor Swift, dined there Sunday.
    Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Or annoyed at myself for the whole stunt.
    Junnelle Hogen, Outside, 19 Oct. 2025
  • 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
Verb
  • Angelo’s is the lunch stop and Strowman devoured ribs, brisket and more smoked meats, restaurant owner Jason George told the Star-Telegram.
    Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The little green worm quickly devoured yours.
    David Browne, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Ravens have feasted on a schedule that, through eight weeks, includes nary a team with a winning record.
    Matt Schubert, Denver Post, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Granted, most of the league has feasted on the rebuilding Sharks during that time.
    Josh Yohe, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Berwald isn't alone in being bothered by misbehaving kids at breweries.
    Jordyn Noennig, jsonline.com, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Lehrer — who has maintained his innocence to Rolling Stone claimed he wasn’t bothered by the road ordeal — has been locked away in Dominica State Prison for over two years now.
    Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 26 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
  • In proving their hypothesis, researchers fed LLMs continually with X posts that were either short and viral or were shaped to grab users’ attention.
    Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2025

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“Ate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ate. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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