gobbled (up)

Definition of gobbled (up)next
past tense of gobble (up)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for gobbled (up)
Verb
  • When a president leaves office, the Presidential Records Act requires material to be turned over to the National Archives, which maintains the documents.
    Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
  • While at the hospital, the child was showing signs of life, and the investigation was turned over to CMPD’s Youth Crime detectives.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 1 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Yet this is also the same company that ripped the spine off millions of books, scanned their pages, and fed the text into Claude’s training data.
    Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2026
  • In August last year, McGrath scanned Ralph's brain using an MRI machine.
    Will Croxton, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Astronomers have used the XRISM (X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission) X-ray spacecraft to discover that a star is being slowly devoured by an elusive stellar companion, solving a mystery that has baffled scientists for over a century.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Born Carlos Ray Norris on March 10, 1940, in Ryan, Oklahoma, Norris devoured the movies of John Wayne growing up.
    Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 20 Mar. 2026
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“Gobbled (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gobbled%20%28up%29. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.

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