as in to gorge
to eat greedily or to excess
because he watches his diet for most of the year, he feels free to overeat during the holidays
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Recent Examples of overeat
To avoid overeating at a party, don’t stand around the food table while talking with friends.
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Mira Miller, Verywell Health, 18 Dec. 2025
Prioritize getting an adequate amount of calories a day without overeating or undereating, Attia said.
—Renée Onque, CNBC, 6 Dec. 2025
The authors suggested that across the globe, ultraprocessed foods are worsening diets, driving overeating and exposing people to toxins.
—Evan Bush, NBC news, 2 Dec. 2025
Skipping meals in an attempt to be more calorie- or weight-conscious also tends to backfire because of this overeating behavior, Tomasino adds.
—Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 25 Nov. 2025
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Mira Miller, Verywell Health, 18 Dec. 2025
Prioritize getting an adequate amount of calories a day without overeating or undereating, Attia said.
—Renée Onque, CNBC, 6 Dec. 2025
The authors suggested that across the globe, ultraprocessed foods are worsening diets, driving overeating and exposing people to toxins.
—Evan Bush, NBC news, 2 Dec. 2025
Skipping meals in an attempt to be more calorie- or weight-conscious also tends to backfire because of this overeating behavior, Tomasino adds.
—Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 25 Nov. 2025
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The Raiders gorged in a different way, blowing the center market out of the water with a massive, $27 million per year contract for Baltimore’s Tyler Linderbaum and rocketing toward the top of the league in money spent.—
Parker Gabriel,
Denver Post,
15 Mar. 2026
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Once in Dun, Mathilda gorges herself on strange delicacies while assembling disparate pieces of Hermia.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Mar. 2026
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The Knicks have feasted on a soft part of their schedule, beating Indiana twice, Utah, Brooklyn and Washington during the winning streak, which came entirely against teams with losing records.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
25 Mar. 2026
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Their lack of height could seemingly leave room for UCLA’s size — center Lauren Betts, and reserves Angela Dugalic and Sienna Betts — to feast, but the Bruins can be vulnerable against small-ball as was present in Saturday’s first half.—
Aaron Heisen,
Daily News,
22 Mar. 2026
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“Overeat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overeat. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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