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as in to consume
to take in as food
claims that the average person ingests considerably more calories than is necessary or desirable
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as in to swallow
to take into the stomach through the mouth and throat
ingested the foul-tasting medicine with only the greatest difficulty
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Recent Examples of ingest
Modern observability solutions can help organizations break out of binary thinking by ingesting data from varied sources to surface uniform insights.
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Tom Wilkie, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
When a roach walks through an area treated with boric acid, the dust clings to its body, later attacking its nervous system when ingested.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 31 Oct. 2024
An increasing number of them are desperate farmers who ingest the chemicals to die by suicide.
—Stephen Robert Miller, WIRED, 24 Oct. 2024
They are generally known to be harmless, but ingesting food or water contaminated with certain types of E. coli can cause mild to severe gastrointestinal illness.
—Devonne Goode, Parents, 23 Oct. 2024
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Tom Wilkie, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
When a roach walks through an area treated with boric acid, the dust clings to its body, later attacking its nervous system when ingested.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 31 Oct. 2024
An increasing number of them are desperate farmers who ingest the chemicals to die by suicide.
—Stephen Robert Miller, WIRED, 24 Oct. 2024
They are generally known to be harmless, but ingesting food or water contaminated with certain types of E. coli can cause mild to severe gastrointestinal illness.
—Devonne Goode, Parents, 23 Oct. 2024
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In simple terms, your kids are consuming too much junk food.Fred Sassani, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
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Healthcare already consumes a larger share of the federal budget than Social Security or defense.Arthur L. Kellermann, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
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All this could be a lot to swallow, both when Stewart was coming up and now.Constance Grady, Vox, 4 Nov. 2024
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That would make a loss today, especially if Drew Allar is healthy, a bitter pill for the Nittany Lions to swallow.Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 2 Nov. 2024
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New this year to True Nature is a retreat for those with eating disorders and their family members.Plain Dealer guest writer, cleveland.com, 19 July 2017
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However hot dogs may have originated, the council estimates Americans will eat 7 billion of them between Memorial Day weekend and Labor Day.Don Sweeney, sacbee, 19 July 2017
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There’s a big crowd sipping on an assortment of cocktails from the open bar while watching the results come in.Curbed Staff, Curbed, 6 Nov. 2024
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This is not just a new drink lineup, but a signal, a cultural zeitgeist, inviting customers to pause, sip, and indulge.Kate Hardcastle, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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As reports of tourists’ deaths emerged in recent days, New Zealand, Australia, the UK, Canada and the US all issued statements urging their citizens to be cautious about drinking alcohol in Laos.Lilit Marcus, CNN, 22 Nov. 2024
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To drink, enjoy a Bottled Coquito for two, La Huerta (two to four people), or Mezcal Cranberry (two to four people).Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
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The organization also recommends that the inside of their enclosure be lined with absorbent bedding, as hamsters tend to chew on things to keep their teeth from overgrowing.Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 19 Nov. 2024
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After an overly serious first season, Legends of Tomorrow began a stunning pivot to tongue-in-cheek sci-fi romp that chewed through gags, ideas, and cast members with reckless abandon to become the Arrowverse’s greatest success, and a show that felt distinctly its own.Joshua Rivera, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
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“Ingest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ingest. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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