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Consume 76% connected

To destroy, as by decomposition, dissipation, waste, or fire; to use up; to expend; to waste; to burn up; to eat up; to devour.

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Distribution 76% connected

The act of distributing or dispensing; the act of dividing or apportioning among several or many; apportionment; as, the distribution of an estate am…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Example 76% connected

One or a portion taken to show the character or quality of the whole; a sample; a specimen.

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have 76% connected

of Have

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Illustration 76% connected

The act of illustrating; the act of making clear and distinct; education; also, the state of being illustrated, or of being made clear and distinct.

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Ingest 76% connected

To take into, or as into, the stomach or alimentary canal.

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Instance 76% connected

The act or quality of being instant or pressing; urgency; solicitation; application; suggestion; motion.

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Representative 76% connected

Fitted to represent; exhibiting a similitude.

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Take 76% connected

Taken.

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Narrower term 4

Core 76% connected

A body of individuals; an assemblage.

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Coupon 76% connected

A certificate of interest due, printed at the bottom of transferable bonds (state, railroad, etc.), given for a term of years, designed to be cut off…

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Specimen 76% connected

A part, or small portion, of anything, or one of a number of things, intended to exhibit the kind and quality of the whole, or of what is not exhibit…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Tasting 76% connected

of Taste

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Degust 76% connected

To taste.

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Derivationally related 4

Sampler 74% connected

One who makes up samples for inspection; one who examines samples, or by samples; as, a wool sampler.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Sampler 74% connected

One who makes up samples for inspection; one who examines samples, or by samples; as, a wool sampler.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Taster 74% connected

One who tastes; especially, one who first tastes food or drink to ascertain its quality.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Taster 74% connected

One who tastes; especially, one who first tastes food or drink to ascertain its quality.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 2

Taste 92% connected

To try by the touch; to handle; as, to taste a bow.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Try 92% connected

To divide or separate, as one sort from another; to winnow; to sift; to pick out; -- frequently followed by out; as, to try out the wild corn from th…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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