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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In the first episode, the family's health mentor told them to stay away from it, saying the fruit is poisonous and could potentially kill anyone who ingests it.
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Randall Colburn, EW.com, 4 Apr. 2025
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The presence of any foreign object in food products presents a risk to consumer safety, particularly when the material could cause physical harm if ingested.
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Randall Colburn, EW.com, 4 Apr. 2025
False and misleading narratives on social media, in news reports and even in popular television dramas suggesting people can overdose from touching fentanyl — rather than ingesting it — are now informing public policy and spending decisions.
—Henry Larweh, NPR, 3 Apr. 2025
The presence of any foreign object in food products presents a risk to consumer safety, particularly when the material could cause physical harm if ingested.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2025
Front-end infrastructures that ingest training data, for example, will largely continue using 400G ethernet through 2025.
—Eric Updyke, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
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“Ingest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ingest. Accessed 9 Apr. 2025.
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in-ˈjest 
: to take in for or as if for digestion
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