as in to vomit
to discharge (something) previously consumed
The mother dog regurgitates her food to feed her puppies.
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Recent Examples of regurgitate
In the race to cover as many languages as possible, any available data of whatever provenance is being slipped into the mix and regurgitated for commercial gain.
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Ross Perlin, The Dial, 14 Nov. 2024
Or for Alexander Dane, the Shakespearean actor who wants everyone to know there's much more to his resumé than regurgitating catchphrases while wearing alien prosthetics.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 31 Dec. 2024
Far more likely is that a language model will simply regurgitate an already dominant point of view.
—Joel Khalili, WIRED, 18 Dec. 2024
Sharing Could be Crucial to Survival In a 1984 study in Nature, biologist Gerald S. Wilkinson observed how wild vampire bats (Desmodus rotundus) regurgitated blood for other bats that had failed to feed that night.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 13 Dec. 2024
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Ross Perlin, The Dial, 14 Nov. 2024
Or for Alexander Dane, the Shakespearean actor who wants everyone to know there's much more to his resumé than regurgitating catchphrases while wearing alien prosthetics.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 31 Dec. 2024
Far more likely is that a language model will simply regurgitate an already dominant point of view.
—Joel Khalili, WIRED, 18 Dec. 2024
Sharing Could be Crucial to Survival In a 1984 study in Nature, biologist Gerald S. Wilkinson observed how wild vampire bats (Desmodus rotundus) regurgitated blood for other bats that had failed to feed that night.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 13 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for regurgitate
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As Elizabeth became sicker, vomiting then unresponsive, Jason Struhs seemed to waver in his conviction, but church members rallied around him, encouraging him to follow God’s will.—
Hilary Whiteman,
CNN,
26 Feb. 2025
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Symptoms of poisoning are vomiting, diarrhea, lethargy and jaundice.—
Ella Gonzales,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Feb. 2025
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Meanwhile, a White House official this week proposed expelling Canada from the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing network, in a move that could further escalate tensions between the two countries.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
Newsweek,
26 Feb. 2025
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The Arab League is holding a summit in Egypt on Tuesday to strategize a proposal to counter President Donald Trump's proposal to forcibly expel Palestinians from their land in Gaza and reconstruct the strip -- a proposal that experts and U.S. allies have said violates international law.—
Nadine El-Bawab,
ABC News,
26 Feb. 2025
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Apparently, my father approached the people hurling the insults and asked them to stop.—
Scott Thompson,
Fox News,
5 Mar. 2025
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And even as South Carolina Republican Rep. Nancy Mace spent the beginning of 2025 hurling anti-trans slurs at Delaware Rep. Sarah McBride, the first out trans woman to serve in Congress, Democrats have largely remained silent.—
Abby Monteil,
Them,
4 Mar. 2025
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The rear passenger, an 18-year-old man from Windermere, was ejected from the vehicle.—
Elainie Barraza,
Orlando Sentinel,
2 Mar. 2025
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Self was ejected and sent to the locker room after picking up two technical fouls with six minutes left in Lubbock.—
Gary Bedore,
Kansas City Star,
28 Feb. 2025
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After aging is deemed complete, the cellar team disgorges the wines by hand without freezing the neck.—
Lauren Mowery,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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Dear Loving Man, All this is spilling out like a bottle bubbling and disgorging, without much forethought.—
Seamus Heaney,
Harper's Magazine,
2 June 2024
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“Regurgitate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/regurgitate. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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