1
as in consumed
to take in as food
having gone all day without food, we greedily ate the hamburgers
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as in eroded
to consume or wear away gradually
the pot's protective coating was eaten away by the acid
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as in dined
to take a meal
where's the best place to eat in this town?
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as in gotten
to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts
it really eats me the way people go to national parks to enjoy nature—and then leave their litter behind
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Recent Examples of eaten
Clearly the recent inflationary period has eaten into American pocketbooks as well as their psyches.
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Jill Schlesinger, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025
In fact, only about 50% of nitrogen applied as fertilizer is taken up by crops; the rest runs off into waterways as nitrate pollution or is eaten by microbes, some of which turn it into nitrous oxide, a potent greenhouse gas.
—Katherine Bourzac, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
However, both fruits can be included in a balanced, blood sugar-friendly diet when eaten in moderation.
—Jillian Kubala, Health, 15 Sep. 2025
It's often eaten with bread, olive oil, and herbs.
—Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 15 Sep. 2025
Just as with food, not everything on the table is meant to be eaten.
—Annie Margaret, CNN Money, 13 Sep. 2025
Just as with food, not everything on the table is meant to be eaten.
—Annie Margaret, The Conversation, 12 Sep. 2025
That connection’s structural design did not meet building code standards and steel reinforcement was missing, misplaced or eaten away by corrosion.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2025
After hours of being eaten alive by mosquitoes, the family left Goose Pond with a bounty of eight or so frogs.
—Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 9 Sep. 2025
Jill Schlesinger, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025
In fact, only about 50% of nitrogen applied as fertilizer is taken up by crops; the rest runs off into waterways as nitrate pollution or is eaten by microbes, some of which turn it into nitrous oxide, a potent greenhouse gas.
—Katherine Bourzac, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
However, both fruits can be included in a balanced, blood sugar-friendly diet when eaten in moderation.
—Jillian Kubala, Health, 15 Sep. 2025
It's often eaten with bread, olive oil, and herbs.
—Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 15 Sep. 2025
Just as with food, not everything on the table is meant to be eaten.
—Annie Margaret, CNN Money, 13 Sep. 2025
Just as with food, not everything on the table is meant to be eaten.
—Annie Margaret, The Conversation, 12 Sep. 2025
That connection’s structural design did not meet building code standards and steel reinforcement was missing, misplaced or eaten away by corrosion.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2025
After hours of being eaten alive by mosquitoes, the family left Goose Pond with a bounty of eight or so frogs.
—Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 9 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for eaten
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Movies are still big events, still consumed in long sittings, still treated as cultural monuments.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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The water and food animals consumed left a chemical signature in their bones, which provided researchers with a key to their origin.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
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Managers heard directly how decisions had eroded loyalty.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Chinese policymakers have intensified efforts aimed at reining in excessive price cuts that have eroded corporate profits while doing little to spur demand.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
10 Sep. 2025
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Both Mahomes and Kelce have dined at other Noble 33 concepts, and Tanha eventually brought up the idea of starting a restaurant with the two.—
Jenna Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
12 Sep. 2025
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Quentin Tarantino has expressed admiration for her cinematic gifts, and Francis Ford Coppola reportedly dined with her at the first Telluride Film Festival in 1974 where both directors were honored.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
9 Sep. 2025
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Those videos, spread across at least 13 datasets circulated by researchers and various tech firms, are more proof of how casually AI models are being fed the creative work of others – where no explicit permission was given for that to occur.—
Andy Meek,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Her venture has fed thousands of people over the years and received global recognition.—
Michael Rios,
CNN Money,
10 Sep. 2025
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No one has bothered to figure out the degree to which that alters the scaling laws of AI models until now.—
Ashley Belanger,
ArsTechnica,
15 Sep. 2025
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The two were hardly bothered, though.—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
15 Sep. 2025
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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
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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
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Everyone Lee comes into contact with is at minimum annoyed with him most of the time, if not outright hating him.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
4 Sep. 2025
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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
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Think flying in spring water to a Caribbean island because a female client thought the local water irritated her scalp.—
Louis J. Esterhazy,
Footwear News,
7 Sep. 2025
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In fact, the aliens take a back seat to the human interactions, which irritated some viewers eager to see actual aliens in a show about an extraterrestrial invasion.—
Jennifer Ouellette,
ArsTechnica,
5 Aug. 2025
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“Eaten.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eaten. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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