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as in consumes
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 swallows
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 ingests
For enterprises, the model is also packaged as Boltz-2 NIM, a production-ready microservice that ingests protein, RNA, DNA, or ligand sequences and returns 3D structures and affinity predictions with enterprise support.
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Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 20 Aug. 2025
Rogen appeared on a recent episode of The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, where the host praised his new Apple TV+ series The Studio and the performance of costar Bryan Cranston as a character who ingests a large dose of mushrooms before a big presentation.
—EW.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 20 Aug. 2025
Rogen appeared on a recent episode of The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, where the host praised his new Apple TV+ series The Studio and the performance of costar Bryan Cranston as a character who ingests a large dose of mushrooms before a big presentation.
—EW.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ingests
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Recycling foil helps reduce waste and minimizes the demand for raw aluminum production, a process that consumes about 95% more energy than recycling existing aluminum and generates significant greenhouse gas emissions like carbon dioxide.—
Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
31 Aug. 2025
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Most industrial companies still treat maintenance as purely a cost center, something that consumes resources while adding little strategic value to the bottom line.—
Chris Turlica,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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Taroko Gorge, however, carves breathtaking grandeur from marble stone; a natural cathedral of cliffs, where suspension bridges sway above rapids and swallows dart through narrow canyons.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Neurocysticercosis occurs after a person swallows pork tapeworm eggs, according to the CDC.—
Deirdre Bardolf,
FOXNews.com,
9 Aug. 2025
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Most of it is cooked from scratch by a full-time kitchen staff, and, like about 29% of other districts in the country, everyone eats for free.—
Alana Semuels,
Time,
25 Aug. 2025
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This black hole then ravenously eats its way out of its host planet.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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For most, the goal is to keep food and drinks cold while making ice last as long as possible.—
Brad Moon,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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Mihály lives in the countryside, rides a motorbike, drinks heavily, and prefers boxing to football.—
Adam Solomons,
IndieWire,
28 Aug. 2025
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“Ingests.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ingests. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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