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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
Permethrin can cause growth and neurological problems if ingested at high levels.
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Jonathan Lambert, NPR, 7 Oct. 2025
That machinery is designed to ingest 100 metric tons of lunar regolith per hour and return it to the surface in a continuous motion.
—Leonard David, Space.com, 30 Sep. 2025
River booked his first screen appearance with a recurring role as Tyler Jones on The Pitt, playing a boy hospitalized after accidentally ingesting his parents’ weed gummies.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2025
Detective Samantha Choon, a sheriff’s office spokeswoman, said investigators still do not know what the students ingested.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
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Jonathan Lambert, NPR, 7 Oct. 2025
That machinery is designed to ingest 100 metric tons of lunar regolith per hour and return it to the surface in a continuous motion.
—Leonard David, Space.com, 30 Sep. 2025
River booked his first screen appearance with a recurring role as Tyler Jones on The Pitt, playing a boy hospitalized after accidentally ingesting his parents’ weed gummies.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2025
Detective Samantha Choon, a sheriff’s office spokeswoman, said investigators still do not know what the students ingested.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ingest
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The term broadly refers to working out while consuming only slightly more calories than the body needs to maintain itself, and getting those calories from healthy sources.—
Yasmin Tayag,
The Atlantic,
17 Oct. 2025
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These facilities consume vast amounts of energy, much of it to stay cool, a problem that optical links can help mitigate These facilities consume vast amounts of energy, much of it to stay cool.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Oct. 2025
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Live little fish on our tongues and swallowing them.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
14 Oct. 2025
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Especially with the roof closed, the seats swallow you up.—
Joe Kozlowski,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Oct. 2025
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Some examples might include taking a 15- to 20-minute morning walk, eating a healthy breakfast and writing down one positive thing that happened that day.—
Khloe Quill,
FOXNews.com,
18 Oct. 2025
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This syndrome causes nausea, diarrhea, sweating, and flushing after eating.—
Carrie Madormo,
Health,
18 Oct. 2025
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If craft cocktails are more your speed, sip for a while at Blue Mountain Bistro to savor their twist on classic drinks.—
Jennifer Prince,
Southern Living,
12 Oct. 2025
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After, guests sip nonalcoholic stress-relieving tonics together, with ingredients like ashwagandha, at the adjacent bar.—
Devorah Lev-Tov,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Oct. 2025
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Kevin Federline claims that Britney Spears drank while pregnant and did cocaine while breastfeeding in new excerpts from the former dancer’s upcoming memoir, published in several news outlets.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
16 Oct. 2025
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Follow the flickering jack-o-lanterns to The Meadow for games, music and seasonal food and drink around the firepits.—
John Metcalfe,
Mercury News,
16 Oct. 2025
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The Babycatcher chewed his twig and held on to a thin rope, not much more than a string, which disappeared up into the canopy, likely connected to the pulleys and rigs and tackle that worked the biggest net down below.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Oct. 2025
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Many of its 8,500 residents once lost internet service after squirrels chewed through a fiber-optic cable.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
15 Oct. 2025
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“Ingest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ingest. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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