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ingest

[in-jest] / ɪnˈdʒɛst /
VERB
swallow
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STRONGEST


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Partly because I was exhausted from the tryptophan I had ingested with my turkey the day before and could not get out of bed.

From The Wall Street Journal

During the first six months of life, infants ingest significantly more aluminum from breast milk or formula than they get from vaccines.

From The Wall Street Journal

Previous work revealed that tumors use CD47 as a "don't eat me signal" to prevent certain immune cells from ingesting them.

From Science Daily

Marine mammals reach similar danger at 29 pieces, while sea turtles need to ingest around 405 pieces to hit the same threshold.

From BBC

She declares herself a powerful deity and explains that God is essentially a “tube” that constantly ingests and secretes experiences and things.

From Los Angeles Times