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ingest

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


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I ditched the cans, not because I’m an angel about what I ingest.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

Schrager said the panel had confirmed she did not intentionally use or ingest Ligandrol, and she had proved that inadvertent environmental contamination from a minute trace of Ligandrol was to blame for the positive test.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 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

"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

The test told her she had contracted sapovirus, which occurs when one person ingests another’s fecal matter, most often via contaminated food.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2024

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

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’ve ingested a lot of Funkadelic, a lot of Prince, a lot of the Gap Band.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

“We’ve probably ingested more third-party qualitative analysis in the last six weeks than we have in our entire history, combined,” Lambert said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026

In the environment, microplastics can be ingested by fish and other wildlife, potentially moving up the food chain and eventually reaching humans.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 18, 2026

Most jockeys ingested every manner of laxative to purge their systems of food and water.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

Prior to ingesting the water, her father had manageable hypertension and walked six miles daily, she wrote.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

Armed with LLMs capable of ingesting massive quantities of data, companies can fight back and more accurately model consumer behavior and deliver personalized results.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

Last month it was reported a dog died after ingesting algae at Coniston Water.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 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

We bite into them together, as if ingesting an enemy’s secret poison.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan


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