ingested; ingesting; ingests
: to take in for or as if for digestion
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The drug is more easily ingested in pill form.
claims that the average person ingests considerably more calories than is necessary or desirable
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Tom Wilkie, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
When a roach walks through an area treated with boric acid, the dust clings to its body, later attacking its nervous system when ingested.
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An increasing number of them are desperate farmers who ingest the chemicals to die by suicide.
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They are generally known to be harmless, but ingesting food or water contaminated with certain types of E. coli can cause mild to severe gastrointestinal illness.
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Tom Wilkie, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
When a roach walks through an area treated with boric acid, the dust clings to its body, later attacking its nervous system when ingested.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 31 Oct. 2024
An increasing number of them are desperate farmers who ingest the chemicals to die by suicide.
—Stephen Robert Miller, WIRED, 24 Oct. 2024
They are generally known to be harmless, but ingesting food or water contaminated with certain types of E. coli can cause mild to severe gastrointestinal illness.
—Devonne Goode, Parents, 23 Oct. 2024
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“Ingest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ingest. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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ingest
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in·gest
in-ˈjest 
: to take in for or as if for digestion
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