ingested; ingesting; ingests
: to take in for or as if for digestion
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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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In 2023, 6,850 people died from ingesting the lethal drug fentanyl, an extremely potent opioid that has exponentially plagued the state since 2019.
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Anabel Sosa, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024
The bacteria is often spread to humans after consuming infected animal products or by ingesting produce grown using infected water.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 24 Oct. 2024
Late last year, Arthur Juliani, a 32-year-old research scientist at the Institute for Advanced Consciousness Studies, was decidedly not taking ibogaine, but was ingesting something similar.
—Shayla Love, The Atlantic, 20 Oct. 2024
An Amish family in Pennsylvania was recently hospitalized after ingesting toxic mushrooms.
—Angel Saunders, People.com, 17 Oct. 2024
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Anabel Sosa, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024
The bacteria is often spread to humans after consuming infected animal products or by ingesting produce grown using infected water.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 24 Oct. 2024
Late last year, Arthur Juliani, a 32-year-old research scientist at the Institute for Advanced Consciousness Studies, was decidedly not taking ibogaine, but was ingesting something similar.
—Shayla Love, The Atlantic, 20 Oct. 2024
An Amish family in Pennsylvania was recently hospitalized after ingesting toxic mushrooms.
—Angel Saunders, People.com, 17 Oct. 2024
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“Ingest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ingest. Accessed 5 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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