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as in to board
to provide food or meals for
a charity dedicated to feeding the hungry
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as in to provide
to put (something) into the possession of someone for use or consumption
all week long colleagues have been feeding me ideas for a magazine article
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as in to eat
to take a meal
an all-you-can-eat buffet where families can feed heartily and fairly inexpensively
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as in dinner
a large fancy meal often accompanied by ceremony or entertainment
the company barbecue was an elaborate feed that was enlivened by country music and dancing
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as in meal
food eaten or prepared for eating at one time
after soccer practice we were all ready for a hot shower and a satisfying feed
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Ashley Strickland, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
Image: Meta Image: Meta Meta has upped the pace of Threads feature updates after users really started flocking to Bluesky last month — Threads introduced its own take on custom feeds just five days after announcing the feature in testing, for example.
—Jay Peters, The Verge, 12 Dec. 2024
Natasha Dye, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
The only way to watch the event is to purchase the PPV feed here.
—Rudie Obias, Variety, 7 Dec. 2024
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The new data suggests that Io’s numerous volcanoes are each likely powered by their own chamber of hot magma, rather than being fed by a global ocean of magma beneath the surface.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
Image: Meta Image: Meta Meta has upped the pace of Threads feature updates after users really started flocking to Bluesky last month — Threads introduced its own take on custom feeds just five days after announcing the feature in testing, for example.
—Jay Peters, The Verge, 12 Dec. 2024
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After Belichick joined Instagram, Hudson began posting about the couple's time together on her feed.
—Natasha Dye, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
The only way to watch the event is to purchase the PPV feed here.
—Rudie Obias, Variety, 7 Dec. 2024
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Jeffrey Freeman, his wife, and their two girls were sitting comfortably and ready for take-off when the pilot announced there'd be a delay while two VIP guests boarded.Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2024
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About a third of Southwest's seats will be premium, and premium passengers will be among the first to board the plane.Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 17 Dec. 2024
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Companies should work towards the goal of providing their employees with a tailored set of strategic tools, allowing the organization to thrive under the current wave of AI development.Kyle J. Russell, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
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In five years when the gift card is finally found, it will be expired and just provide stress and guilt.Jim Gaffigan December 15, CBS News, 15 Dec. 2024
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Miami was last in the NFL at 57 plays per game last season partly because the offense didn’t convert effectively on third downs, but also because the porous run defense allowed opponents to eat up the clock.Chris Perkins, Sun-Sentinel.com, 19 July 2017
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The casual restaurant and bar also offers an all-you-can-eat breakfast buffet at 8 a.m. Sundays.Vickie Snow Jurkowski, Daily Southtown, 19 July 2017
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Moreno had at least one bash: at a dinner in London with fellow theater stars Patrick Wilson, Audra McDonald, Daniel Dae Kim and Aaron Tveit, who were all across the pond to sing at The Rodgers & Hammerstein 80th Anniversary Concert, which featured Moreno as a surprise performer.Eric Andersson, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024
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At dinner, Posen is monitoring a text thread with his SLT that is still buzzing at 8 p.m. Everyone is excited about the new Flatiron store, where sales are up 60 percent.Irina Aleksander, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2024
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Take a few extra minutes to choose healthier meals over fast food. 3.Basel Ramlawi, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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Moments of belonging and love, from the laughter and meals shared to the inevitable squabbles, carry immense weight.Molly Peck, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024
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Here's what's new: Wurst Behavior in Irving Park offers a sausage party catered by Art Wnorowski and Gosia Pieniazek — the same couple that brought you Wicker Park's excellent Pierogi Kitchen.Monica Eng, Axios, 15 Dec. 2024
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The trend is a boon for shopping malls, which have begun to cater specifically to teens and twenty-somethings with store features and experiences. – CNBC’s Sean Conlon, Hakyung Kim, Kevin Breuninger, Melissa Repko, Leslie Josephs and Michael Sheetz contributed to this report.Sara Salinas, CNBC, 13 Dec. 2024
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Solar panels supply 40% of the district’s energy, and a seawater thalasso-thermal loop provides heating and cooling, reducing energy consumption.New Atlas, New Atlas, 20 Dec. 2024
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Johnson supplied his own menorah, which was made out of shrapnel from rockets shot down by the Israel Defense Forces.Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 20 Dec. 2024
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As the victims lay injured, a black GMC pickup truck sped through the area, running over Hood and another person before crashing into the banquet hall and fleeing.Skylar Heisey, The Arizona Republic, 10 Dec. 2024
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The annual banquet to honor all of this year’s winners will take place in January.Clayton Davis, Variety, 8 Dec. 2024
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“Feed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feed. Accessed 24 Dec. 2024.
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