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intake

[in-teyk] / ˈɪnˌteɪk /
NOUN
consumption
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Compared with men in the lowest UPF consumption group, those in the three higher intake groups had a 29% greater risk of prostate cancer.

From Science Daily Aug. 27, 2026

But here’s the thing: That is total fluid intake, not water specifically.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

The most cited recommendations for water come from the National Academy of Medicine, which calls for a total daily fluid intake of 3.7 liters for men and 2.7 liters for women.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

Because GLP-1 drugs reduce appetite and food intake, they may also contribute to nutritional deficiencies and loss of muscle, potentially increasing the risk of frailty and other long-term health issues.

From Science Daily Aug. 23, 2026

This extraordinary rate of oxygen intake is of only so much value, it should be noted.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

At accounting firm Grant Thornton, just 10% of U.K. trainee intakes were apprentices in 2010.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 22, 2026

A 2025 case-control study from Vietnam found what researchers described as a U-shaped relationship between B12 intake and cancer risk, with both lower and higher intakes associated with increased risk.

From Science Daily May 27, 2026

One of California’s two main north-south water conduits, it pumps water from the Delta near the intakes of the other major system, the State Water Project.

From Los Angeles Times May 21, 2026

Few automobile exteriors are ever finished like this, with its broad, sterling-like chrome garnishes at the lower grille intakes, the rocker panels, exhaust outlets and bumpers, all smoothed perfectly into the blown-glass curvatures.

From The Wall Street Journal May 2, 2026

And yet, when finally she stopped, she merely stopped, without the painful, knifelike intakes of breath that usually follow a violent outburst-inburst.

From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger




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