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as in boarding
to provide food or meals for
a charity dedicated to feeding the hungry
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as in providing
to put (something) into the possession of someone for use or consumption
all week long colleagues have been feeding me ideas for a magazine article
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as in eating
to take a meal
an all-you-can-eat buffet where families can feed heartily and fairly inexpensively
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Recent Examples of feeding
But after feeding the information into a computer model, the team was puzzled.
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Jeanna Bryner,
Scientific American,
18 June 2026
At a time when the Earth was bare, when there were no vertebrates, no trees, no leaves, no flowering plants, and no plants with seeds, millipedes were feeding on decaying mosses, decomposed slime, and primordial gunk.
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Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
13 June 2026
According to the company's official statement, the technique involves feeding code into the model and asking it to review it for errors.
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Will McCurdy,
PC Magazine,
13 June 2026
Actually, the ants may be doing you a favor by feeding on the excreta from the scale insects.
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Tom MacCubbin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
13 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for feeding
Jeanna Bryner,
Scientific American,
18 June 2026
At a time when the Earth was bare, when there were no vertebrates, no trees, no leaves, no flowering plants, and no plants with seeds, millipedes were feeding on decaying mosses, decomposed slime, and primordial gunk.
—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
13 June 2026
According to the company's official statement, the technique involves feeding code into the model and asking it to review it for errors.
—
Will McCurdy,
PC Magazine,
13 June 2026
Actually, the ants may be doing you a favor by feeding on the excreta from the scale insects.
—
Tom MacCubbin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
13 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for feeding
Recent Examples of Synonyms for feeding
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On June 16, Kensington Palace confirmed that Prince George will attend the prestigious all-boys boarding school near Windsor this fall, ending years of speculation over where Prince William and Kate Middleton would send their oldest son, who turns 13 on July 22.
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Most travelers boarding a red-eye are focused on getting some sleep on the plane, avoiding jet lag, and figuring out how to freshen up before landing and hitting the ground running in your destination.
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Looking for a silver lining Some analysts fear that the friction over the 250th celebrations, especially the national ones, may end up reinforcing the nation's bitter divide rather than providing a respite from it.
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It is credited with being the first system to capture images of collision between large astronomical objects and providing strong proof on the road to confirming that supermassive black holes exist.
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Chinese manufacturers are competing in their home market now with their impressive luxury sedans and SUVs and eating into sales made by BMW, and other German premium competitors like Mercedes, Audi, and Porsche.
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Kansas City Council member Melissa Patterson Hazley spent most of her day in the district attending openings for new businesses, visiting shows and eating at restaurants.
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The nannies are expected to keep every aspect of daily life running seamlessly while catering to the unique needs of both parents and children.
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Eleventy’s Made in Italy offering across menswear and womenswear, the latter a burgeoning category, has thrived not just for its muted, easy-to-approach aesthetic, but also for smart pricing, catering to customers otherwise priced out by luxury megabrands.
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Shacks, of which there were nine along the peninsula, would compete to outdo each other, lighting bonfires on the beach, supplying endless kegs, and inviting live bands.
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That demand is profitable and far more profitable than supplying chips for a $50 smartphone.
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What is difficult is sustaining them under pressure.
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His father operated multiple companies across different sectors, exposing him early to the mechanics of building and sustaining an enterprise.
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Healthcare economists say giving people access to preventive healthcare saves taxpayers money in the long run by keeping the workforce healthy and relieving pressure on an overburdened system.
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Denise Mendez is practicing giving cues to a training dog at the Jefferson Moss-Magee Rehabilitation Center.
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“Feeding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feeding. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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