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intake

[in-tayk] / ˈɪnˌteɪk /
NOUN
consumption
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She advises increasing fibre intake gradually to avoid bloating, noting that people with IBS may find it harder to tolerate.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

Vantara's intake accelerated in 2019, and during the Covid-19 pandemic, when tourism stalled and zoos struggled.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

Researchers used these responses to estimate each person's daily intake of the seven sweeteners.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026

“Growing intake while cutting the cost of each customer is hard to do, and it let the margin recover meaningfully while the group kept investing in growth,” the analyst notes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

These sprints require levels of energy production that far exceed the body’s capacity to produce aerobic energy, regardless of oxygen intake.

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

“Although we do not know exactly what levels of Neu5Gc trigger an immune response, our data suggest that higher intakes of meat-derived Neu5Gc are associated with a progressively higher risk of T2D.”

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026

If it drops an additional 33 feet, water won’t reach its intakes to generate hydroelectric power.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026

Higher intakes are sometimes needed during illness, frailty or recovery, unless someone has been advised to restrict protein because of kidney disease or another condition.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 6, 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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