as in food
substances intended to be eaten there are some good eats at the buffet table
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as in consumes
to take in as food having gone all day without food, we greedily ate the hamburgers
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as in erodes
to consume or wear away gradually the pot's protective coating was eaten away by the acid
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as in dines
to take a meal where's the best place to eat in this town?
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as in annoys
to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts it really eats me the way people go to national parks to enjoy nature—and then leave their litter behind
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Recent Examples of eats
Selome Hailu, Variety, 20 Apr. 2026 Housing eats 25% to 35% of an American paycheck. —Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 19 Apr. 2026 Dornan eats a popsicle and blows a bubble from a piece of blue chewing gum, but that’s not the only playful piece. —Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 16 Apr. 2026 That means at most tables across the country, at least one person is scrolling, texting or checking notifications while everyone else eats. —Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 15 Apr. 2026 But the truth is that Juicy eats her lunch. —Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2026 Commenters on the clip compared his creation to a recent discussion about how Jeff Daniels eats a sandwich. —Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 10 Apr. 2026 Nobody eats Taco Bell to soothe their belly. —Troy Renck, Denver Post, 9 Apr. 2026 The internet was quick to criticize, with some speculating whether the CEO even eats McDonald's. —Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2026
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Well, a pig is an animal that eats its own feces. —Selome Hailu, Variety, 20 Apr. 2026 Housing eats 25% to 35% of an American paycheck. —Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 19 Apr. 2026 Dornan eats a popsicle and blows a bubble from a piece of blue chewing gum, but that’s not the only playful piece. —Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 16 Apr. 2026 That means at most tables across the country, at least one person is scrolling, texting or checking notifications while everyone else eats. —Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 15 Apr. 2026 But the truth is that Juicy eats her lunch. —Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2026 Commenters on the clip compared his creation to a recent discussion about how Jeff Daniels eats a sandwich. —Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 10 Apr. 2026 Nobody eats Taco Bell to soothe their belly. —Troy Renck, Denver Post, 9 Apr. 2026 The internet was quick to criticize, with some speculating whether the CEO even eats McDonald's. —Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for eats
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The gifts will also be used to assess how the public consumes the content.— Paloma Chavez, PEOPLE, 16 Apr. 2026
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There's a lot of discussion on the Hill on this right now, and there's concern about high healthcare prices, which consumes nearly one in $5 spent in the United States.— Dana Taylor, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
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Affordability issues explain part of the apprehension; increasingly, young people have been priced out of the housing market, breeding a resentment that erodes faith in institutions — and in capitalism itself.— Ben Smith, semafor.com, 13 Apr. 2026
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That reflex delays care and erodes trust.— Liz Koch, STAT, 6 Apr. 2026
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Every guest after the first 100 who dines in from Saturday through Monday can get a buy one, get one beef pepper rice.— Zacharia Washington, Dallas Morning News, 27 Mar. 2026
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Complimentary valet is available for anyone who dines at Toro Toro before or after a screening.— Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Mar. 2026
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What is the pettiest thing that annoys you during a race weekend?— Jeff Gluck, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2026
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Or when Reggie purposefully annoys Arthur by having his son, Carmelo (Jalyn Hall), practice with his a cappella group in Arthur’s editing suite, a move that demonstrates the increasingly teasing affection between Arthur and Reggie.— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 14 Apr. 2026
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From her experience, the grasshopper drawing attention in Arizona devours everything in its path, whereas the chapulín is tied to greener environments and specific crops, such as cornfields, alfalfa, and squash leaves.— Nadia Cantú, AZCentral.com, 25 Mar. 2026
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But May also routinely devours Tool, Nine Inch Nails, and jazz albums from Miles Davis.— Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Feb. 2026
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Planning feeds buying, buying feeds merchandising, and so on through inventory, logistics, sales and service.— Anita Beveridge-Raffo, Fortune, 16 Apr. 2026
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But putting all that effort toward something that’s not real weighs on him, and Isaac’s taut encapsulation of misery compliments a series that feeds on tension.— Ben Travers, IndieWire, 16 Apr. 2026
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His approach is to look at what bothers that person the most.— Kaicey Baylor, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2026
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The political rhetoric aimed at ridiculing Canada bothers Johnson.— Jeanne Bonner, CNN Money, 16 Mar. 2026
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Castor Oil Castor oil irritates the digestive system of the moles and makes the soil less inviting to them.— Nadia Hassani, The Spruce, 7 Mar. 2026
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Weed pollen typically irritates people in the late summer and early fall.— Seth Jacobson, wickedlocal.com, 5 Mar. 2026
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“Eats.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/eats. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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