1
: used for eating
eating utensils
2
: suitable to eat
the finest eating fish
also
: suitable to eat raw
an eating apple
Examples of eating in a Sentence
crab apples are not actually eating apples
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Sporks have come a long way from their humble beginnings in Rhode Island, and as the traveler’s preferred eating utensil, they’re destined to go ever further.
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James Stout, Outside, 29 Mar. 2026
These food categories are staples for most eating patterns that experts recommend for general health and disease prevention.1
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America Healthy Again, the clean-eating, vaccine-skeptical movement that opposes corruption in the food, pharmaceutical, and agricultural industries.
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Nightmares and negative emotions during dreams were also more common among study participants who reported unhealthier eating patterns, Nielsen told Health.
—Kristen Fischer, Health, 8 July 2025
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James Stout, Outside, 29 Mar. 2026
These food categories are staples for most eating patterns that experts recommend for general health and disease prevention.1
1.
—Jennifer Lefton, Verywell Health, 23 Oct. 2025
America Healthy Again, the clean-eating, vaccine-skeptical movement that opposes corruption in the food, pharmaceutical, and agricultural industries.
—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2025
Nightmares and negative emotions during dreams were also more common among study participants who reported unhealthier eating patterns, Nielsen told Health.
—Kristen Fischer, Health, 8 July 2025
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“Eating.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eating. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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