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Discover LudwigThe phrase "an intake of" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to refer to the consumption or absorption of something, often in the context of food, drink, or information.
Example: "The doctor advised her to monitor her intake of calories to maintain a healthy diet."
Alternatives: "a consumption of" or "an absorption of".
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An oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) was performed with an intake of 75 g standard glucose load [ 27].
There was a collective pause, an intake of breath.
"First class!" my mother exclaimed, with an intake of breath.
The Greens want an intake of 50,000.
Cue an intake of breath in the room, and much frenzied tapping on laptops.
Ochigava had her fist aloft for half of it; there was an intake of breath.
The second half began with an intake of breath, Real dominating possession for a while.
Whenever Depay received possession there was an intake of breath to see if his explosiveness was about to wreak havoc.
The blogger rushed over to Westminster, walked into the room, "and there's an intake of breath from the old guard".
"There's this whoosh of air," as the shell is pulled away, Zelbo said, like an intake of breath.
Sometimes it would be no more than a reddening of the eyes and an intake of settling breath.
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