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  • verb Present participle of intake.
  • noun The act of taking something in.

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Examples

  • When we are seeking all the time, we are intaking new material constantly without ever actually dealing with it.

    Michael Taft: Downtime for the Stone Age Brain Michael Taft 2011

  • When we are seeking all the time, we are intaking new material constantly without ever actually dealing with it.

    Michael Taft: Downtime for the Stone Age Brain Michael Taft 2011

  • When we are seeking all the time, we are intaking new material constantly without ever actually dealing with it.

    Michael Taft: Downtime for the Stone Age Brain Michael Taft 2011

  • When we are seeking all the time, we are intaking new material constantly without ever actually dealing with it.

    Michael Taft: Downtime for the Stone Age Brain Michael Taft 2011

  • One moment she was terrified; then she thanked him silently for his delicacy and turned resolutely with a quick intaking of breath.

    DARKWATER W.E.B. DU BOIS 2004

  • The brilliant performance artist in charge of the Republican campaign, a k a Steven Schmidt, created a web advertisement declaring Obama a “celebrity” -- an arrogant, arugula eating, health-food intaking, Ivy League educated, holier than thou, flying-too - close-to-the-sun, better than your average Joe celebrity.

    Obama, symbol and reality Jeffrey C. Alexander 2010

  • Most importantly, no one bothers to preview the display that the little girl will make for lthe Little Miss Sunshine beauty pageant, despite the fact that they know it is being directed by the sex-obsessed, heroin-intaking grandfather.

    Little Miss Sunshine: A Dark Cloud Over America Linda 2007

  • Most importantly, no one bothers to preview the display that the little girl will make for lthe Little Miss Sunshine beauty pageant, despite the fact that they know it is being directed by the sex-obsessed, heroin-intaking grandfather.

    Archive 2007-03-01 Linda 2007

  • And one who hath witnessed the intaking of Frankfort, and

    A Legend of Montrose 2008

  • Have you ever thought of counting how many calories you're intaking with that stuff?

    Mayor Sam's Hotsheet for Wednesday 2006

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