1
as in classifying
to arrange or assign according to type
this volume digests the state's laws regarding drugs and alcohol for easy reference by local authorities
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as in summarizing
to make into a short statement of the main points (as of a report)
I digested the results of my experiments into a few pages
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Recent Examples of digesting
As Washington was still digesting the election results on Thursday, a fund-raising e-mail came across the transom from Jasmine Crockett, a Texas Democratic congresswoman who has emerged as one of the Party’s louder TV warriors.
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Susan B. Glasser, New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2025
Americans have largely abandoned digesting their news through the lens of activists who masquerade as journalists in the mainstream media.
—Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
Investors—after digesting earnings reports from Meta, Microsoft, and Alphabet—reacted soberly.
—Jim Edwards, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2025
These starchy foods deliver slow-digesting carbs that help keep you fuller for longer.
—Lauren Panoff, Verywell Health, 29 Oct. 2025
Companies are digesting potential impacts from tariffs as more information becomes available.
—Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 27 Oct. 2025
Macrophages, immune cells that live in our tissues, are responsible for engulfing and digesting bacteria, dead and damaged cells, and harmful invaders like cancer cells.
—New Atlas, 23 Sep. 2025
Investors are digesting the latest updates on trade and the economy.
—Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2025
Repurpose long interviews into snappy Q&As and create mini explanatory product videos—these tactics can really help subliminally disseminate messaging when target personas are proactively digesting content.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Susan B. Glasser, New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2025
Americans have largely abandoned digesting their news through the lens of activists who masquerade as journalists in the mainstream media.
—Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
Investors—after digesting earnings reports from Meta, Microsoft, and Alphabet—reacted soberly.
—Jim Edwards, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2025
These starchy foods deliver slow-digesting carbs that help keep you fuller for longer.
—Lauren Panoff, Verywell Health, 29 Oct. 2025
Companies are digesting potential impacts from tariffs as more information becomes available.
—Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 27 Oct. 2025
Macrophages, immune cells that live in our tissues, are responsible for engulfing and digesting bacteria, dead and damaged cells, and harmful invaders like cancer cells.
—New Atlas, 23 Sep. 2025
Investors are digesting the latest updates on trade and the economy.
—Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2025
Repurpose long interviews into snappy Q&As and create mini explanatory product videos—these tactics can really help subliminally disseminate messaging when target personas are proactively digesting content.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for digesting
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Related Stories In a nutsell, the test arranged by the cutter’s union documented that AI tools are great for organizing, classifying and summarizing.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
16 Oct. 2025
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Cal Fire updated Saratoga’s Fire Hazard Severity Zone map in June, classifying some southwestern portions of the city as moderate or high fire hazard zones.—
Nollyanne Delacruz,
Mercury News,
14 Oct. 2025
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The resulting feature was published on March 14, 2022, publicly summarizing the case for the first time in years and providing Army CID contact information.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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Kolondra said that Opera’s Neon only processes data when users ask it to, like when summarizing a page, and all requests are end-to-end encrypted.—
Beatrice Nolan,
Fortune,
22 Oct. 2025
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Both are noteworthy when compared to the poll's last several years of data, ranking as the highest disapproval number in either term so far, and the lowest approval rating of his second term.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
3 Nov. 2025
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All of that has contributed to Dallas ranking dead last in the NBA in offense.—
Christian Clark,
New York Times,
2 Nov. 2025
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Those streamers that have accrued more than a million subscribers in the country will be required to spend a portion of their local revenue or investment on original Australian shows or films after the government introduced a bill outlining new rules.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
7 Nov. 2025
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The Wisconsin Department of Health Services has asked the federal government for $1 billion to improve rural health care, outlining plans for adding community health workers, investing in new technologies such as artificial intelligence and establishing more partnerships across the state.—
Madeline Heim,
jsonline.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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People would devote entire dissertations to developing techniques for distinguishing handwritten digits or for recognizing faces in images; then a deep-learning algorithm would digest the underlying data, discover the subtleties of the problem, and make those projects seem obsolete.—
James Somers,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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As America’s capital of both wine production and pleasant weather, California has any number of towns that capture this experience, each with distinguishing characteristics that suit different types of travelers.—
Justin Goldman,
AFAR Media,
24 Oct. 2025
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Lionsgate is distributing the movie domestically, while Universal handles the global launch.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Nov. 2025
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The Capital Area Food Bank has been distributing food to federal workers affected by the shutdown.—
The NPR Network,
NPR,
6 Nov. 2025
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But bubbly, unstrategic, free-spirited Tallulah also has a tendency to suck up all the oxygen in a city, relegating Maia to the role of sidekick.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
30 Oct. 2025
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With sciatica relegating LeBron James to the sidelines, Doncic was unstoppable as a scorer and put up 43 points.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
22 Oct. 2025
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In the next few years, the study says workers will be talking to their phones or laptops, instead of typing, thanks to the explosion of AI.—
Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
7 Nov. 2025
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Keep in mind, these are not randos typing away in their parents’ basements.—
Matt K. Lewis,
Twin Cities,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Digesting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/digesting. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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