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as in consumed
to take in as food
claims that the average person ingests considerably more calories than is necessary or desirable
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as in swallowed
to take into the stomach through the mouth and throat
ingested the foul-tasting medicine with only the greatest difficulty
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Recent Examples of ingested
Research performed on rats found that when TPO was ingested, reproductive difficulties and negative effects on the endocrine (hormonal) systems followed.
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Morgan Fargo, Vogue, 10 Sep. 2025
Players, coaches and staff have ingested all sorts of food and drink out of the Cup over the years.
—Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
This product can turn into a big irritant if ingested or inhaled, and cause several digestive or respiratory issues.
—Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 4 Sep. 2025
The bug’s feces can also end up inside or near a home and then be incidentally ingested or rubbed into the skin or mucous membrane.
—Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Neither of the girls — ages 15 and 16 — ingested the pills, police said.
—Ben Brachfeld, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025
However, when a movie shows the dung coming out of a dog, cat, bird, or another critter with four legs and/or wings, then it’s typically ingested for laughs.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 21 Aug. 2025
These days, memes are to be ingested into the body, not just viewed on a screen.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 20 Aug. 2025
In the past quarter century alone, the nutria has ingested more than forty square miles of Louisiana.
—Nathaniel Rich, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Morgan Fargo, Vogue, 10 Sep. 2025
Players, coaches and staff have ingested all sorts of food and drink out of the Cup over the years.
—Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
This product can turn into a big irritant if ingested or inhaled, and cause several digestive or respiratory issues.
—Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 4 Sep. 2025
The bug’s feces can also end up inside or near a home and then be incidentally ingested or rubbed into the skin or mucous membrane.
—Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Neither of the girls — ages 15 and 16 — ingested the pills, police said.
—Ben Brachfeld, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025
However, when a movie shows the dung coming out of a dog, cat, bird, or another critter with four legs and/or wings, then it’s typically ingested for laughs.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 21 Aug. 2025
These days, memes are to be ingested into the body, not just viewed on a screen.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 20 Aug. 2025
In the past quarter century alone, the nutria has ingested more than forty square miles of Louisiana.
—Nathaniel Rich, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ingested
Verb
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Movies are still big events, still consumed in long sittings, still treated as cultural monuments.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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The water and food animals consumed left a chemical signature in their bones, which provided researchers with a key to their origin.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
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In a sight that became more-than-familiar to Boise State fans, Jeanty seemed to be swallowed in the scrum at the line of scrimmage, before bursting out of the side and powering himself into the endzone.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
7 Sep. 2025
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Participants in the treatment group swallowed 28 capsules over two days, each containing gut bacteria from four donors.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
7 Sep. 2025
Verb
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On one day in late December, Eden barely ate all day.—
Angela Andaloro,
People.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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While neither is an effective big league pitcher at this point, those moves ate into the Yankees’ limited rotation depth.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
4 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The duo, with Char Defrancesco and Nick Newbold in tow, were met in the first-floor salon by the sound of a ghost piano as a model sipped from an oversize teacup.—
Kristen Tauer,
Footwear News,
10 Sep. 2025
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Regardless, the judges sipped this one in the blind.—
Brad Japhe,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
Verb
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There was another meeting at Perry’s home in 2021, during which Dixon said the producer again drank too much and allegedly groped Dixon during a good-night hug, according to The Hollywood Reporter.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
10 Sep. 2025
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People who work outside drank more sugary drinks than those who work inside, and the same went for families where the head of the household was less educated.—
Seth Borenstein,
Fortune,
8 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The Broncos defense played with their food, chewed it up and spit it out in Week 1 against the Titans.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
12 Sep. 2025
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The leaves will be skeletonized or defoliated, or the needles of conifers will be chewed down to the branches.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Ingested.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ingested. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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