as in to vomit
to discharge (something) previously consumed
The mother dog regurgitates her food to feed her puppies.
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Recent Examples of regurgitate
As the caterpillar ingests the leaf, its gut enzymes chop up the plant’s cellular engines and their pieces, including In11, are regurgitated back onto the leaf’s surface, albeit at extremely small concentrations.
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Jacek Krywko,
ArsTechnica,
3 June 2026
Notice that the fanboys mindlessly regurgitating the NBA's press release never mention those details.
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Bobby Burack Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
3 June 2026
Embarrassment over a vulgar and inept political class seems unlikely to open out into severe introspection among the United States’ intellectual and cultural elites, who are primed to regurgitate the narratives of American exceptionalism.
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Wyatt Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
2 June 2026
The eaglet began showing signs of illness on May 14, with symptoms including regurgitating food, a disinterest in eating, lethargy and weakness, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported.
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Finch Walker,
USA Today,
18 May 2026
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Jacek Krywko,
ArsTechnica,
3 June 2026
Notice that the fanboys mindlessly regurgitating the NBA's press release never mention those details.
—
Bobby Burack Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
3 June 2026
Embarrassment over a vulgar and inept political class seems unlikely to open out into severe introspection among the United States’ intellectual and cultural elites, who are primed to regurgitate the narratives of American exceptionalism.
—
Wyatt Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
2 June 2026
The eaglet began showing signs of illness on May 14, with symptoms including regurgitating food, a disinterest in eating, lethargy and weakness, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported.
—
Finch Walker,
USA Today,
18 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for regurgitate
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The pulses are designed to normalize the nerve messaging from the brain to the stomach to relieve symptoms of nausea and vomiting without side effects.
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But Zealand touted that fewer people taking the drug vomited than those in the placebo group.
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Staff estimate that more than half have had contact with the Department of Child Services, and most have been expelled from traditional schools.
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Iran’s ambassador to Australia and another three Iranian diplomats were expelled.
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Or other words that have been hurled at him.
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Jets and winds from black holes are textbook physics, and scientists have observed many supermassive black holes hurling them into space.
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Firefighters said one of the victims was ejected from one of the vehicles.
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Six months earlier, observers believed the space plane had ejected six objects at once, but those were later determined to be debris left over from launch.
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Their whiskey was disgorged before being entered into secondary, new American oak barrels that received light char and medium toast.
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Musk amended that proposal in a second filing this month, saying instead that any funds disgorged from OpenAI and its executives should go to OpenAI’s charitable arm.
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“Regurgitate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/regurgitate. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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