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intake

[in-tayk] / ˈɪnˌteɪk /
NOUN
consumption
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"Our study, which used more than 9,000 recorded meals, suggests that modifying diet during and after antibiotics, specifically by reducing sweets intake, could help with that."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026

Greater cheese intake was associated with slower declines in grey matter and hippocampal volume, less ventricular enlargement, and fewer white matter hyperintensities.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026

The Uefa Pro Licence, external - the qualification needed to coach at the highest level of English football - costs £14,000, and there are only 24 places per intake.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

The software will automate certain steps of the process, including invoice intake, approvals, payment and reconciliation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

He leaned aside so Rupa could see, and heard the sharp intake of his sister’s breath.

From "Tiger Boy" by Mitali Perkins

One of California’s two main north-south water conduits, it pumps water from the Delta near the intakes of the other major system, the State Water Project.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026

People who had higher intakes of beta-carotene as a food coloring had a 44% increased risk of Type 2 diabetes, compared with those who had a lower intake.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026

Few automobile exteriors are ever finished like this, with its broad, sterling-like chrome garnishes at the lower grille intakes, the rocker panels, exhaust outlets and bumpers, all smoothed perfectly into the blown-glass curvatures.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026

There should be three more intakes before the end of this year, with a target of training 4,000 recruits every year from now on.

From BBC ● Mar. 9, 2026

And yet, when finally she stopped, she merely stopped, without the painful, knifelike intakes of breath that usually follow a violent outburst-inburst.

From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger




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