as in eats
to crush or grind with the teeth
please chew your food thoroughly so you don't choke
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Recent Examples of chews
Cory Lavalette, New York Times, 7 May 2026
One enzyme acts as a random chopper, snipping the long polymer chains into smaller pieces, while the other slowly chews these pieces into their monomer building units from each end.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 3 May 2026
After sitting down at the kitchen island for a meal, Heather then chews her food with her mouth open and lets out a fake burp after taking a sip from her drink.
—Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 17 Apr. 2026
The insect chews through the layer, and eventually the damage is akin to putting a permanent tourniquet on the tree.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2026
As the primary action antagonist, Ito chews scenery and operates with plausible physical menace.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 12 Nov. 2025
The industry chews people up and spits them (and their dreams) right back out.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 9 Sep. 2025
Jessica Moore, USA Today, 14 Mar. 2026
Verb
Though Brind’Amour vigorously chews his gum behind the players on the Hurricanes bench, Daniels is often stoic, blending into a background of red and white.
—Cory Lavalette, New York Times, 7 May 2026
One enzyme acts as a random chopper, snipping the long polymer chains into smaller pieces, while the other slowly chews these pieces into their monomer building units from each end.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 3 May 2026
After sitting down at the kitchen island for a meal, Heather then chews her food with her mouth open and lets out a fake burp after taking a sip from her drink.
—Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 17 Apr. 2026
The insect chews through the layer, and eventually the damage is akin to putting a permanent tourniquet on the tree.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2026
As the primary action antagonist, Ito chews scenery and operates with plausible physical menace.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 12 Nov. 2025
The industry chews people up and spits them (and their dreams) right back out.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
One of the key benefits of Foffy's daily pet multivitamin soft chews is the highly palatable soft chew format.
—Jessica Moore, USA Today, 14 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chews
Verb
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Reservation systems, walk-in strategies and cash-only policies shape who eats where, and that exclusivity is exactly what draws the celebrity crowd.—
Lauren Schuster,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 May 2026
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Inflation eats away at the value of your dollar.—
John Towfighi,
CNN Money,
18 May 2026
Noun
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Potty-mouthed police officers and hill people try to cope with a mysterious creature that’s ripped their home to shreds.—
Alex Ritman,
Variety,
17 May 2026
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Most boxes focus on generic stuff that will either get ripped to shreds or tossed to the side.—
Rachel Cortez,
USA Today,
12 May 2026
Noun
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As dust floats through the air, static electricity can attract particles of dirt, pollen, pet dander, and dust that accumulate on the fan blades over time.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
14 May 2026
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Similar to how cosmic impacts can agitate and heat lunar regolith to liberate trapped particles from the solar wind, machines can do much the same.—
Robin George Andrews,
Scientific American,
14 May 2026
Verb
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Keeping gladiolus and other bulbs in bulb cages or a DIY cage made of chicken wire can add extra rodent protection and make sure nothing nibbles on your plants.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
25 Sep. 2025
Noun
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For example, during his dominant, 18-point first quarter in the Spurs’ Game 5 win over the Timberwolves, on one play Wembanyama hit a combo of hesitation dribbles into a crossover into a spinning layup over Rudy Gobert.—
Rohan Nadkarni,
NBC news,
14 May 2026
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Across the season, no Premier League player has more successful dribbles (74) or carries ending in a chance (27) than the Belgian.—
Sukhman Singh,
New York Times,
8 May 2026
Verb
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On average, a medium-sized data center consumes roughly 110 million gallons of water per year for cooling, which is enough to power the annual water use of about 1,000 households.—
Catherina Gioino,
Fortune,
13 May 2026
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According to some reports, globally, this consumes something like 1-2% of global energy consumption.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
10 May 2026
Noun
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The person who seems least surprised by it all is Matsuzawa, perhaps the league’s only 27-year-old rookie with flecks of gray in his hair.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
15 May 2026
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Powerful new lasers and x-rays are enabling geologists like Korolev, a researcher at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) in New York City, to probe increasingly small flecks of minerals in deep diamonds.—
James Dinneen,
Scientific American,
14 May 2026
Noun
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Just scrape off large food scraps and let the dishwasher clean the rest.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
19 May 2026
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The wastepaper baskets were filled with real scraps of newspaper.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
17 May 2026
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“Chews.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chews. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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