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
Or for Alexander Dane, the Shakespearean actor who wants everyone to know there's much more to his resumé than regurgitating catchphrases while wearing alien prosthetics.
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Richard Edwards, Space.com, 31 Dec. 2024
Far more likely is that a language model will simply regurgitate an already dominant point of view.
—Joel Khalili, WIRED, 18 Dec. 2024
Sharing Could be Crucial to Survival In a 1984 study in Nature, biologist Gerald S. Wilkinson observed how wild vampire bats (Desmodus rotundus) regurgitated blood for other bats that had failed to feed that night.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 13 Dec. 2024
Just regurgitating stats, minimal real analysis or insight.
—Theo Gremminger, The Athletic, 31 July 2024
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Richard Edwards, Space.com, 31 Dec. 2024
Far more likely is that a language model will simply regurgitate an already dominant point of view.
—Joel Khalili, WIRED, 18 Dec. 2024
Sharing Could be Crucial to Survival In a 1984 study in Nature, biologist Gerald S. Wilkinson observed how wild vampire bats (Desmodus rotundus) regurgitated blood for other bats that had failed to feed that night.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 13 Dec. 2024
Just regurgitating stats, minimal real analysis or insight.
—Theo Gremminger, The Athletic, 31 July 2024
See all Example Sentences for regurgitate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for regurgitate
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The animals would vomit and defecate all over the community and neighboring properties.—
Michael L. Hyman,
Miami Herald,
14 Feb. 2025
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Courtesy of Netflix When the raid was going on, a Somali woman named Halima recalls being at a nearby school with 20 children huddled on top of her, vomiting and passing out.—
Olivia B. Waxman,
TIME,
10 Feb. 2025
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Amnesty International echoed that, saying forcibly expelling Palestinians is a war crime and could be a crime against humanity.—
Lee Keath,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Feb. 2025
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They could soon be joined by tens of thousands of Syrians forcibly deported by neighboring countries that may use Assad’s departure as a pretext to expel them.—
Jesse Marks,
Foreign Affairs,
11 Feb. 2025
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Many zonked assholes hurled fire extinguishers at your cars, dickheads?—
Matt Thompson,
SPIN,
3 Feb. 2025
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In the hammer throw event, the athlete spins in a circle to generate momentum and hurls a metal weight — attached to a chain and grip — as far as possible.—
Lauren Penington,
The Denver Post,
28 Jan. 2025
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As Mavericks fans were being ejected from the stadium, Nowitzki was out in Los Angeles, sitting in the stands to show Dončić his support.—
Louisa Thomas,
The New Yorker,
16 Feb. 2025
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The two crew members ejected and parachuted into the bay before the plane slammed into the water.—
Gary Robbins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Feb. 2025
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Dear Loving Man, All this is spilling out like a bottle bubbling and disgorging, without much forethought.—
Seamus Heaney,
Harper's Magazine,
2 June 2024
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Any records being held by New York City and its agencies must be disgorged.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
14 Jan. 2025
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“Regurgitate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/regurgitate. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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