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ingest

[in-jest] / ɪnˈdʒɛst /
VERB
swallow
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONGEST


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It found that balloons were 32 times more likely to result in death than when birds ingest hard plastic.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

They’d ingest all of your financial information into their software and would have checklists to make sure they got all the relevant information.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026

Nanoplastics are already a concern because people may ingest them directly, but new research points to another possible danger.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026

I don’t think it’s great if you accidentally ingest one of them.

From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026

"Don't forget these. They're popular now. The Minister of Health says we all should ingest colorful vegetables and even flowers. It's beneficial, supposedly."

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

The novel begins when Gelsomina ingests five parasitic worms after lapping up lake water.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

All of the carbon in the trees and twigs the machine ingests ends up in the ground — not back in the air.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2025

Frightful extras: The included Blu-ray version of the film ingests all of the digital goodies from the high definition release back in 2009.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 26, 2023

But there are other risk factors for TCE exposure, which occurs when a person breathes, ingests or touches the chemical.

From Seattle Times ● May 6, 2023

One ingests a horse-doctor's dose of words, but fails to acquire any illumination.

From A Book of Prefaces by H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken

That’s the kind of “between the systems” information that needs to be written down so it can be ingested by AI.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

The coastguard said dogs could be attracted to the smell and might try to eat it - and if it was ingested it could cause a fatal reaction.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

I knew very little about Carolyn, but I ingested so many photos of her far before this project was ever on my radar.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2026

Once ingested, the coating dissolves, releasing both the medication and the antenna.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 13, 2026

And people casually, unknowingly ingested all kinds of poorly preserved ill-cooked food that could make them sick or kill them.

From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler

The court documents relating to the Anthropic case revealed the project of ingesting old books was referred to in internal company communications as "Project Panama."

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

Much depends on what’s raising your body temperature in the first place — if you have a fever due to an infection, for example, see a doctor rather than ingesting peppermint.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

It’s a position that has put Palantir at odds with leading AI labs, whom Karp has characterized as looking to “colonize” their customers by ingesting their business intelligence and proprietary data.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026

The book contains a frightening portrait of hyponatremia, which is a low level of sodium in the blood that can be triggered by ingesting too much water—a particular danger during endurance events.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 16, 2026

Did I worry about ingesting some horrid bacteria?

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel




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