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digestion

[dih-jes-chuhn, dahy-] / dɪˈdʒɛs tʃən, daɪ- /
NOUN
digesting
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Agriculture is also a major emitter through the methane released by livestock during digestion as well as rice cultivation, where flooded fields create ideal conditions for methane-emitting bacteria.

From Barron's • May 4, 2026

Freidenberg described what happened to her body as she starved, including her loss of hips and breasts and the ways in which her digestion and other bodily processes changed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

The current six-month digestion followed a strong uptrend, so it is likely to break higher in the near term.

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

Food waste is instead taken through a process called anaerobic digestion to create biomethane.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026

It seemed to be his stomach— another Darwin with Charles’s bad digestion.

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman




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