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
  • And like other cruciferous vegetables, broccolini contains compounds that may interfere with thyroid function in people with thyroid disorders, particularly when consumed raw or in excess.
    Daryl Austin, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Among those who consumed the sweeteners, the highest group had an average of 191 milligrams per day, while the lowest group consumed an average of 20 milligrams.
    Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Google’s overwhelming search dominance may be eroded by itself, as more gen AI players come on the scene.
    Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The letter said the secretary's personnel decisions and policy moves had eroded scientific integrity and threatened the safety of the HHS workforce, raising immediate questions about the capacity of the CDC and other agencies to carry out public-health missions.
    Daniel Orton, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Never has such an extraordinary collection of intellectual heft gathered in the White House since Thomas Jefferson dined—oh never mind.
    Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2025
  • On her actual birthday, the group dined at Salon Tropical, known for its top-tier seafood and Colombian staples.
    Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Keanu, still annoyed from the veto ceremony, talked to Ava Pearl in the HOH room and called Rachel a liar.
    David Wysong, Cincinnati Enquirer, 4 Sep. 2025
  • This thrilled her base—and annoyed many casual listeners.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • For weeks, Oasis zealots have devoured online videos of the siblings strolling out onstage together, arms raised in victory and hugs brief yet genuine.
    Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2025
  • My toddler devoured a small mountain of them.
    Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 23 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • One account published in 2002 by Russian official Konstantin Pulikovsky claimed that the train carried cases of Bordeaux and Beaujolais wine from Paris, and that passengers feasted on live lobster and pork barbecue.
    Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Guests feasted on pizza, pasta, and gelato, and sipped on Aperol spritzes and Lambrusco from local winery Tomato Wheels, before leaving with a bottle of Rao's tomato sauce.
    Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 24 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • And she couldn’t be bothered to start things up again.
    Bryan Washington, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2025
  • No one has ever bothered me for doing this.
    R29 Team, Refinery29, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The pens were covered by grass and leaves in the shade for a few days while the voles were fed before their release into the wild, according to the video.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2025
  • While human trials are still needed, scientists in China found that rats fed a high-fat diet lost about 17% of their body weight when given the edible microbeads.
    Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 3 Sep. 2025

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“Ate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ate. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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