refeed

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for refeed
Verb
  • The case rocked Britain, seeming to expose a remorseless serial killer who, prosecutors said, used a bizarre range of techniques to kill her tiny, often very premature, victims: Injecting them with air, overfeeding them with milk or contaminating their feeds with insulin.
    Megan Specia, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Napping after overfeeding on food is a dilemma many of us will be fortunate to face on Christmas Day.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 18 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Both make enough money to get along very well without tax dollars fattening them up even further.
    Paul Bedard, The Washington Examiner, 3 May 2025
  • Veterinary staff and volunteers typically provide care for two to five months to heal and fatten them for return to the wild.
    Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The puppies went to one foster home, where they were hand-fed every few hours.
    Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
  • The Bronx Zoo ornithologists pioneered the technique over 40 years ago, using a similar mechanism to hand-feed Andean condor chicks in 1981.
    Moná Thomas, People.com, 1 May 2025
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“Refeed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/refeed. Accessed 21 May. 2025.

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