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eats

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verb

present tense third-person singular of eat
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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of eats
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What won't get soggy from the time one kid eats to the time the other kid eats? Sari Hitchins, Parents, 13 Oct. 2025 Brad Pitt always eats and talks. Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 7 Oct. 2025 Yelp has named a Milwaukee restaurant among the top 20 halal eats in the United States. Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 6 Oct. 2025 This eats like a parfait—everything is all together in one perfect bite. Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 27 Sep. 2025 When a dog eats xylitol, its blood sugar may first rise too high, then drop dangerously low. Merve Ceylan, Health, 24 Sep. 2025 The average person eats 20 pounds (aka 64 cups) of ice cream per year, according to estimates from the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA). Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Sep. 2025 No, and the fly, obviously, eats synthetic creatures. Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 23 Sep. 2025 When someone eats, the sugar and carbs break down into glucose. Patty Weasler, Verywell Health, 22 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for eats
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  • Altman previously said the average ChatGPT query consumes as much energy as a lightbulb would in a couple of minutes.
    Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Compared to traditional indigo dyeing, the process consumes 83 percent less water and 32 percent less energy and reduces CO₂ emissions and steam usage.
    Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 10 Oct. 2025
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  • When people stop looking for work, unemployment improves on paper even as productive capacity erodes in reality.
    Katica Roy, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2025
  • When trust erodes, so does civic life.
    Ugo Troiano, Oc Register, 15 Oct. 2025
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  • As Thursday’s episode opens, Carrie dines alone at a futuristic Asian restaurant with robot waiters whizzing past.
    Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 14 Aug. 2025
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  • Naturally, this annoys Alex to no end.
    Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2025
  • This annoys his wife, who hankers after Bingley (sight unseen) as a future son-in-law.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
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  • Without virtue, liberty collapses into chaos, and freedom devours itself.
    Carolyn McKinney, Boston Herald, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Every revolution devours its children.
    Sam Knight, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2025
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  • According to her, the zoo takes the palatable trees removed from the preserve — dogwood, sumac, elm, mulberry, and boxelder — and feeds them to a variety of zoo animals, including gorillas, elephants, and giraffes.
    Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Sometimes, he would be accompanied by the neighborhood cats that the house feeds.
    Natalie Eilbert, jsonline.com, 17 Oct. 2025
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  • Why ban books, Postman asked, if no one bothers to read them?
    Time, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
  • What bothers her most is how the refusal seemed to change her brother’s behavior.
    Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
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  • During his appearance on Josh Horowitz's Happy Sad Confused podcast alongside his The Roses costar Olivia Colman, the 49-year-old actor opened up about what irritates his family members.
    Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • The news irritates Lord Lovat, knowing that if the MacKenzie brothers thought Ellen had run off with Malcom Grant, and Dougal (Sam Retford) was dumb enough to beat Malcom as a result, there has to be a moral lapse in judgment somewhere.
    Lincee Ray Published, EW.com, 22 Aug. 2025

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“Eats.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eats. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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