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Recent Examples of snacking
Eating Too Much or Too Late Eating a large dinner or snacking too close to bedtime can cause a rise in blood sugar that may last all night, especially if the snack is high in simple carbs.
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Jennifer Lefton, Verywell Health, 12 May 2026
Jennifer Lefton, Verywell Health, 12 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snacking
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Orleans left the game at that point after grazing his chin on a headfirst slide.—
Matt Le Cren,
Chicago Tribune,
28 May 2026
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The pitch largely hit a pad on Ohtani’s hand, grazing the four-time MVP’s pinky.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
27 May 2026
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Or perhaps simple pleasures such as noshing on a pastry with a hot cup of stimulation will do.—
Ed Silverman,
STAT,
10 Apr. 2026
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Or your bulbs may have been eaten by rodents— especially voles, which are herbivores that adore noshing on many types of bulbs.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
2 Apr. 2026
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Eight neighbors, including Pugliese, sit around the coffee table sipping wine and nibbling on cheese cubes and fish dip, a black cat named Aura circling their ankles.—
Jessica Blough,
CNN Money,
22 May 2026
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The brand management companies — which scoop up intellectual property and work with partners who make and distribute the goods — were already doing more than nibbling around the edges.—
Evan Clark,
Footwear News,
20 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Snacking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snacking. Accessed 29 May. 2026.
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