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as in to consume
to take in as food
claims that the average person ingests considerably more calories than is necessary or desirable
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as in to swallow
to take into the stomach through the mouth and throat
ingested the foul-tasting medicine with only the greatest difficulty
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Recent Examples of ingest
Baits contain insecticide that may not only kill the roach who ingests it but that has a secondary transfer to other roaches who may eat that roach’s waste or the roach itself, says Benson.
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Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 18 June 2025
The question will be whether the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigators, India or another country will ingest the black boxes’ data, according to Peter Goelz, former managing director of the NTSB and a CNN aviation analyst.
—Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 13 June 2025
To do that effectively at scale, your pipeline must handle four key tasks:
• Continuously ingest and chunk new content (e.g., documents, files, user data).
—Junyu Huang, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025
The chemicals in the aerosol spray cans can often make people feel euphoric or drunk for a few minutes, but ingesting them can lead to heart or liver failure.
—Caroline Blair, People.com, 9 June 2025
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Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 18 June 2025
The question will be whether the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigators, India or another country will ingest the black boxes’ data, according to Peter Goelz, former managing director of the NTSB and a CNN aviation analyst.
—Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 13 June 2025
To do that effectively at scale, your pipeline must handle four key tasks:
• Continuously ingest and chunk new content (e.g., documents, files, user data).
—Junyu Huang, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025
The chemicals in the aerosol spray cans can often make people feel euphoric or drunk for a few minutes, but ingesting them can lead to heart or liver failure.
—Caroline Blair, People.com, 9 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ingest
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The central trio of inmates in Australian writer-director Charles Williams’ first feature are each consumed with guilt for the crimes that got them here.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
20 June 2025
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Older people have been hearing about heart health from their doctors for years, and data show that smoking weed and consuming edibles can have catastrophic cardiovascular effects.—
Kevin Sabet,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 June 2025
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Did the striper swallow it back far enough that a circle hook will grab?—
Joe Cermele,
Outdoor Life,
19 June 2025
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All eight of the current relievers in Chicago's bullpen have ERAs under 4.00 There is no easy option and no matter who is chosen, the pill will be a tough one to swallow for whichever reliever is demoted or released.—
Andrew Wright,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 June 2025
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This spot for soccer fans offers lots of pub fare to eat and drink.—
Liz Rothaus Bertrand,
Charlotte Observer,
24 Mar. 2025
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The calls came while eating lunch, while lying in bed at night.—
Max Klaver,
Miami Herald,
24 Mar. 2025
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Want to sip, serve, and shine like a Rich Auntie this summer?—
Essence,
Essence,
17 June 2025
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Interestingly, the oenophile’s first foray into wine was sipping Portuguese rosé Lancers during grad school in the early 1960s.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
17 June 2025
Verb
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Sure, standing around drinking beer and grilling is fun.—
Parker Hall,
Wired News,
21 June 2025
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But no one is really watching that; this event is about drinking and being seen, or just catching up with friends.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
20 June 2025
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Voters in the special election for county supervisor have a lot to chew on.—
Michael Smolens,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 June 2025
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Not surprisingly, given that these dinosaurs weren't big on chewing their food before swallowing, biomarkers revealed that Judy sought out young plant growth, which wouldn't have been as tough and hard to digest as older vegetation.—
Bronwyn Thompson,
New Atlas,
11 June 2025
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“Ingest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ingest. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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