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
Some of the chatbots also regurgitated Pravda's misinformation about corruption among Ukrainian military officials.
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PC Magazine, 23 Nov. 2025
Eventually, the Pirates of the Caribbean director theorized, AI would run into learning limitations, with large language models having to be trained on previous iterations of AI outputs and consequently regurgitating a worse product.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 15 Nov. 2025
From that framework, Pluribus is a show about the loss of creative purpose and a world where all ideas are endlessly regurgitated for a society that has become immune to novelty.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2025
Carol is disturbed by the idea that Helen’s consciousness has been uploaded to the masses — her thoughts and memories easily plucked and regurgitated by Zosia and co.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 14 Nov. 2025
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PC Magazine, 23 Nov. 2025
Eventually, the Pirates of the Caribbean director theorized, AI would run into learning limitations, with large language models having to be trained on previous iterations of AI outputs and consequently regurgitating a worse product.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 15 Nov. 2025
From that framework, Pluribus is a show about the loss of creative purpose and a world where all ideas are endlessly regurgitated for a society that has become immune to novelty.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2025
Carol is disturbed by the idea that Helen’s consciousness has been uploaded to the masses — her thoughts and memories easily plucked and regurgitated by Zosia and co.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 14 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for regurgitate
Verb
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My cat vomits once every week or two.—
Jane Sykes,
Washington Post,
5 Jan. 2026
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The predominant symptoms experienced by the ill passengers and crew members were vomiting, diarrhea and abdominal cramps.—
Marina Watts,
PEOPLE,
31 Dec. 2025
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Wheatley made her offer before he’d even succeeded in expelling the British from Boston.—
Jake Lundberg,
The Atlantic,
7 Jan. 2026
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Academics, journalists, students, have been fired or expelled, or, in some cases locked up for expressing their speech.—
Jenelle Riley,
Variety,
6 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Over roughly three hours, agents came under gunfire, were rammed four times and faced mobs hurling debris.—
Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
9 Nov. 2025
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Also this week, a former paralegal was acquitted after hurling a sandwich at a federal agent in August; Sabzi, a deli in Cornwall, England, is alleging that author Yasmin Khan’s new cookbook with the same name is trademark infringement; and more.—
Li Goldstein,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
7 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Fire Rescue said one person was ejected in the collision and airlifted to a trauma center.—
Chelsea Jones,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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Georgia's biggest issue came in the first half when 6-11 center Somto Cyril was ejected for throwing a forearm into Florida's Rueben Chinyelu.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
7 Jan. 2026
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Moses was held in fear—his dossiers could disgorge the dark secret of anyone who opposed him.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
1 Dec. 2025
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That said, the amount of market cap being accumulated and disgorged daily by the massive tech platform companies isn’t entirely comforting.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
29 Nov. 2025
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“Regurgitate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/regurgitate. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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