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as in consumed
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 swallowed
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 ingested
Detective Samantha Choon, a sheriff’s office spokeswoman, said investigators still do not know what the students ingested.
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David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
If ingested in large enough quantities, this plant also can cause heart rhythm abnormalities, seizures and death.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 24 Sep. 2025
The mobiles do not meet standards for toys that contain button batteries, the small, round batteries known to be easily ingested and highly dangerous to children and pets due to their potential to cause internal chemical burns.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 24 Sep. 2025
Beets Beets contain high amounts of nitrate, which, when ingested, can have beneficial effects on blood pressure.
—Cory Martin, Verywell Health, 23 Sep. 2025
As for the infants, those whose mothers ingested garlic attached to the breast for longer periods and sucked more when the milk smelled like garlic.
—ArsTechnica, 18 Sep. 2025
Dudley and his team examined how much ethanol—or alcohol—is ingested by chimpanzees via fruits, which may help explain why our love for alcohol persists today.
—Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
Humans have always ingested endophytes given that endophyte–plant cohabitation goes back hundreds of millions of years, and endophytes contribute to our gut microbiome.
—Anna Marija Helt, JSTOR Daily, 17 Sep. 2025
Research performed on rats found that when TPO was ingested, reproductive difficulties and negative effects on the endocrine (hormonal) systems followed.
—Morgan Fargo, Vogue, 10 Sep. 2025
David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
If ingested in large enough quantities, this plant also can cause heart rhythm abnormalities, seizures and death.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 24 Sep. 2025
The mobiles do not meet standards for toys that contain button batteries, the small, round batteries known to be easily ingested and highly dangerous to children and pets due to their potential to cause internal chemical burns.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 24 Sep. 2025
Beets Beets contain high amounts of nitrate, which, when ingested, can have beneficial effects on blood pressure.
—Cory Martin, Verywell Health, 23 Sep. 2025
As for the infants, those whose mothers ingested garlic attached to the breast for longer periods and sucked more when the milk smelled like garlic.
—ArsTechnica, 18 Sep. 2025
Dudley and his team examined how much ethanol—or alcohol—is ingested by chimpanzees via fruits, which may help explain why our love for alcohol persists today.
—Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
Humans have always ingested endophytes given that endophyte–plant cohabitation goes back hundreds of millions of years, and endophytes contribute to our gut microbiome.
—Anna Marija Helt, JSTOR Daily, 17 Sep. 2025
Research performed on rats found that when TPO was ingested, reproductive difficulties and negative effects on the endocrine (hormonal) systems followed.
—Morgan Fargo, Vogue, 10 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ingested
Verb
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So many people approach those dark moments and can't get out of them and are consumed by them.—
Raven Brunner,
PEOPLE,
4 Oct. 2025
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Republicans have opposed public funding for meals consumed by students whose families can afford to pay for the food.—
Clara Hendrickson,
Freep.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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Art concerns particularities of human existence framed by the big picture, but the picture has swallowed the frame.—
Kate Colby
October 2,
Literary Hub,
2 Oct. 2025
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Reeves and Winter are often swallowed up by the bottomless void their characters occupy, with very little room to let loose and play.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
29 Sep. 2025
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On one day in late December, Eden barely ate all day.—
Angela Andaloro,
People.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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While neither is an effective big league pitcher at this point, those moves ate into the Yankees’ limited rotation depth.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
4 Aug. 2025
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Svetlana sipped a fancy mixture of espresso and orange juice.—
Nina Khrushcheva,
Time,
3 Oct. 2025
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Russell sipped alcohol straight from the bottle and Ivaniukas triumphantly held up her ring for the celebratory photo op.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
29 Sep. 2025
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Giovanni drank himself into an early grave.—
Rachel Linden,
PEOPLE,
4 Oct. 2025
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Marathon runners collapsing at the finish line often drank too much plain water, not too little.—
Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt,
CNN Money,
30 Sep. 2025
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Spotted lanternflies are notorious invasive pests that have chewed through much of the eastern United States since 2014.—
Sophie Hartley,
IndyStar,
24 Sep. 2025
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Karen Black chewed the scenery — literally and figuratively — as a neurotic, insecure wife who turns to consuming a diner’s entire desert tray to cope when her husband leaves her.—
Chris Koseluk,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Sep. 2025
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