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Recent Examples of overfeed
The goal is steady feeding without overfeeding, which can damage the tree.
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Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Oct. 2024
Her methods, the court concluded, included injecting premature infants with air or insulin, overfeeding them, and harming them with medical tools.
—The Week Uk, theweek, 28 July 2024
Avoid overfeeding or feeding your baby too quickly.
—Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 12 July 2024
Infants might also react to overfeeding or a gas-inducing food in their nursing parent’s diet.
—Kaitlin Bell, Parents, 6 Feb. 2024
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Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Oct. 2024
Her methods, the court concluded, included injecting premature infants with air or insulin, overfeeding them, and harming them with medical tools.
—The Week Uk, theweek, 28 July 2024
Avoid overfeeding or feeding your baby too quickly.
—Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 12 July 2024
Infants might also react to overfeeding or a gas-inducing food in their nursing parent’s diet.
—Kaitlin Bell, Parents, 6 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overfeed
Verb
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Sign #8: Failure to Quit Despite previous attempts to stop overeating and giving in to food cravings, people with food addiction tend to continuously fail to do so.—
Michael MacIntyre,
Verywell Health,
13 Mar. 2025
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Overeating and Its Triggers There are many possible causes of overeating.—
Jillian Kubala,
Health,
7 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Government intervention is what got us into this pharma glut in the first place.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
28 Feb. 2025
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Government intervention is what got us into this pharma glut in the first place.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
28 Feb. 2025
Verb
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These let guests snack leisurely rather than sit down to a formal meal.—
Food Drink Life,
New York Daily News,
17 Apr. 2025
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Her youngest students snack on Bamba, the Israeli peanut butter puffs given to teething babies.—
Jessica Garrison,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Apr. 2025
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“Overfeed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overfeed. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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