drinks (in)

verb

present tense third-person singular of drink (in)
as in welcomes
to receive or accept gladly or readily the studio audience for the infomercial seemed to drink in—a little too readily—every word of the host's spiel

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  1. welcomes
  2. embraces
Verb
  • Mick Foley welcomes out Thekla and Willow Nightingale for an interview on the stage.
    — Rob Wolkenbrod, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
  • But LeoLabs welcomes this move, saying that creating safeguards in space is growing in importance as more satellites arrive in orbit.
    — Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 22 July 2026
Definition of welcomes
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  • Whether the Apple community embraces these features remains to be seen.
    — Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • International and professional soccer is rife with corruption and avarice and increasingly embraces the worst tendencies of late-stage capitalism.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026
Definition of embraces
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“Drinks (in).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drinks%20%28in%29. Accessed 25 Jul. 2026.

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