ingested; ingesting; ingests
: to take in for or as if for digestion
Examples of ingest in a Sentence
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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Landers like Firefly's Blue Ghost operate autonomously, ingesting cues from lasers or cameras to guide themselves toward a smooth landing.
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Kristin Shaw, Ars Technica, 27 Feb. 2025
Teens and parents need to know the dangers of these products before ingesting any of them.
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Once ingested, the toxin can cause severe symptoms and even death.
—Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA TODAY, 25 Feb. 2025
Those email responses are slated to be ingested by an AI model to determine which roles to cut, NBC News reported, though over the weekend the administration said filling out emails was voluntary after the heads of multiple federal agencies instructed employees not to respond.
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Kristin Shaw, Ars Technica, 27 Feb. 2025
Teens and parents need to know the dangers of these products before ingesting any of them.
—Jazmin Towe, Parents, 27 Feb. 2025
Once ingested, the toxin can cause severe symptoms and even death.
—Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA TODAY, 25 Feb. 2025
Those email responses are slated to be ingested by an AI model to determine which roles to cut, NBC News reported, though over the weekend the administration said filling out emails was voluntary after the heads of multiple federal agencies instructed employees not to respond.
—Rashi Shrivastava, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
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“Ingest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ingest. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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in-ˈjest 
: to take in for or as if for digestion
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