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Recent Examples of swallowable
The Origin of Ingestible Devices The idea of a smart capsule has been around since the late 1950s, when researchers first experimented with swallowable devices to record temperature, gastric pH, or pressure inside the digestive tract.
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IEEE Spectrum, 18 Feb. 2026
More recently, some transplants have been delivered in swallowable capsules.
—Miriam Fauzia, Dallas Morning News, 3 Feb. 2026
In the not-too-distant future, however, such holes may be easily plugged with the equivalent of a tiny remote-control swallowable pen.
—Ben Coxworth
october 16, New Atlas, 16 Oct. 2025
IEEE Spectrum, 18 Feb. 2026
More recently, some transplants have been delivered in swallowable capsules.
—Miriam Fauzia, Dallas Morning News, 3 Feb. 2026
In the not-too-distant future, however, such holes may be easily plugged with the equivalent of a tiny remote-control swallowable pen.
—Ben Coxworth
october 16, New Atlas, 16 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for swallowable
Adjective
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This function helps directly raise magnesium levels in the brain, which makes the mineral more useful throughout the body compared with other, less absorbable forms of magnesium.—
Kristen Rogers,
CNN Money,
13 Mar. 2026
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Energy-dense, highly palatable, rapidly absorbable, ultraprocessed foods that have altered our metabolism and have resulted in the greatest increase in chronic disease in our history.—
Sarah Koch,
CBS News,
16 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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During long or intense workouts, rapidly digestible fuel—like gels, chews, sports drinks, or even a bowl of white pasta after a grueling run—can be exactly what an athlete needs.—
Outside,
Outside,
24 Mar. 2026
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Welcome to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s first Roundup Review, our new format that will highlight a broader range of restaurants with short, easily digestible overviews.—
Henri Hollis,
AJC.com,
19 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Peptides — those injectable, ingestible, spreadable, sprayable compounds that seem to be taking the health nuts of the world by storm — aren’t going away.—
Joe Wilkins Published Mar 18,
Futurism,
18 Mar. 2026
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Scientists are building these ingestible devices to do more than observe.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
7 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Highlights from the bar include the Astra, which comes with a blend of tequila, blackberries, edible glitter and a rock candy, and a martini flight that consists of three different martinis and a side of caviar.—
Zacharia Washington,
Dallas Morning News,
24 Mar. 2026
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The fairy-tale qualities continue as Betty shows off the contents of her bedraggled herb garden to her new ward, plucking out an edible flower for Laura to sample.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
23 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Fortunately, there are chewable tablets that melt or dissolve in your mouth without water.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Mar. 2026
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Even tougher topics were greeted with easily chewable sound bites, delivered with the honey of a politician who feels your pain.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
6 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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These food categories are staples for most eating patterns that experts recommend for general health and disease prevention.1 1.—
Jennifer Lefton,
Verywell Health,
23 Oct. 2025
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America Healthy Again, the clean-eating, vaccine-skeptical movement that opposes corruption in the food, pharmaceutical, and agricultural industries.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
21 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Via a show kitchen, diners will be able to watch chefs prepare the tasting menu, inspired by a knotted garden, which is believed to always contain something green, in flower, or eatable.—
Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
28 Sep. 2023
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The remaining trees are Adirondack crabapple trees, another fragrant tree that blooms white flowers bearing dime-sized apple-like fruit and autumn brilliance serviceberry or juneberry, which Desotelle said bears an eatable fruit that’s a cross between an apple and a blueberry.—
La Risa R. Lynch,
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,
29 Apr. 2022
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“Swallowable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swallowable. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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