as in consumes
to take in as food
anyone planning to partake of the vegetarian meal needs to sign up for it beforehand
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Light distorts, sound bends; the signal consumes the chamber, turning technology into liturgy.—
JP Mangalindan,
Time,
24 Oct. 2025 -
Fermenting is a process where yeast consumes the natural sugars in apple juice and turns them into alcohol and carbon dioxide.—
Jillian Kubala,
Health,
23 Oct. 2025
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The logic was that whichever company won the delivery wars would have access to a potential consumer base of everyone who eats.—
Ellen Cushing,
The Atlantic,
27 Oct. 2025
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Right-wing figures have fixated on how Mamdani eats rice with his fingers, which is how it's traditionally eaten where his family originates in India.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
26 Oct. 2025
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“Partakes (of).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/partakes%20%28of%29. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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