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as in welcomes
to receive or accept gladly or readily
predictably, moviegoers ate up the sequel to last summer's blockbuster
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as in consumes
to destroy all trace of
the surf created by a powerful hurricane could really eat up what's left of the island's eastern beach
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“Eats (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eats%20%28up%29. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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