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digestion

[dih-jes-chuhn, dahy-] / dɪˈdʒɛs tʃən, daɪ- /
NOUN
digesting
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Fiber supports healthy digestion and has been linked to a lower risk of certain cancers, among many other benefits.

From Science Daily • Mar. 8, 2026

Food waste is instead taken through a process called anaerobic digestion to create biomethane.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026

Eating plant fed insects could also have introduced beneficial gut microbes that later supported digestion of vegetation.

From Science Daily • Feb. 11, 2026

This form of price digestion often precedes powerful moves, particularly when it occurs at all time highs.

From Barron's • Feb. 9, 2026

A kindly, educated old man with a big white Panama hat who worried mostly about his digestion, my grandfather entertained no political ambitions.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez