1
as in to welcome
to receive or accept gladly or readily
predictably, moviegoers ate up the sequel to last summer's blockbuster
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2
as in to consume
to destroy all trace of
the surf created by a powerful hurricane could really eat up what's left of the island's eastern beach
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In the new year, Musk welcomed Hegseth to a meeting at SpaceX headquarters, where Hegseth unveiled a new partnership with Grok, which lately had been spending most of its time removing the clothes of women and children in photographs.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
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Ken Wigchert Laguna Niguel The Los Angeles Times welcomes expressions of all views.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Mar. 2026
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Bardossas said she's been passionate about consuming organic food and reducing her family's exposure to chemicals for a long time.—
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy,
USA Today,
14 Mar. 2026
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The resource base is being consumed, not replenished.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
14 Mar. 2026
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For her appearance, Kate embraced a business casual aesthetic, wearing a gray Prince of Wales check blazer from Catherine Walker over a sky blue button-down, paired with black pants and coordinating black heeled boots.—
Rachel Burchfield,
InStyle,
12 Mar. 2026
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And despite how much employers might hate job-hopping, most professionals have been embracing it as a useful career tool.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
12 Mar. 2026
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“Eat (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eat%20%28up%29. Accessed 15 Mar. 2026.
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