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  • present participle of eat.
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eating

[ee-ting] / ˈi tɪŋ /


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The company warned its sales could be affected by rising gasoline prices and lower-income consumers further tightening their belts and eating out less.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

This is eating into adjusted operating margin, which is expected this quarter to fall to 43% from 44% in 2025.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

A new study suggests that eating more ultra-processed foods could make it harder to stay focused and may contribute to factors linked to dementia, even among people who otherwise follow healthy diets.

From Science Daily • Jun. 9, 2026

The hardware companies that depend on them are eating the cost, and the market is only starting to tell the two apart.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

I tried to brush off the feeling, especially when I sat with my aunts in the warmth of their home, eating their good food, and watching their magical spinning and knitting and weaving.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff




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