as in to heat
to cause to have or give off heat to a moderate degree
come over and toast your toes by the fire
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Recent Examples of toast
Louisa Kung Liu Chu, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2026
Stir it through rice, spoon it over a simple salad, or serve it on toast with a squeeze of lemon.
—ABC News, 16 June 2026
While there were several cliffhangers, there weren’t major jaw-dropping twists in the South Carolina drama’s Season 5 finale, which once again ended with the eponymous Sweet Magnolias (JoAnna Garcia Swisher, Brooke Elliott & Heather Headley) doing a margarita toast.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 16 June 2026
The event, which was attended by the players' family and close friends, featured a performance by A Boogie wit da Hoodie and a champagne toast by star point guard Brunson with his teammates.
—Erin Clements, PEOPLE, 16 June 2026
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Noun
The Brûlée French toast, intended as their take on crème brûlée, had their signature topping flavors of cinnamon, vanilla and caramel, yet lacked any defining crackling caramelization.
—Louisa Kung Liu Chu, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2026
Stir it through rice, spoon it over a simple salad, or serve it on toast with a squeeze of lemon.
—ABC News, 16 June 2026
While there were several cliffhangers, there weren’t major jaw-dropping twists in the South Carolina drama’s Season 5 finale, which once again ended with the eponymous Sweet Magnolias (JoAnna Garcia Swisher, Brooke Elliott & Heather Headley) doing a margarita toast.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 16 June 2026
The event, which was attended by the players' family and close friends, featured a performance by A Boogie wit da Hoodie and a champagne toast by star point guard Brunson with his teammates.
—Erin Clements, PEOPLE, 16 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for toast
Verb
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Brunson and his coach, Mike Brown, were heated, believing the French star should have been whistled for a flagrant foul.—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
14 June 2026
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For example, using geometry and the longitudinal position of the home, the team angled the awning over the windows in the main living space so shade falls in front of the house in summer and moves deep into the living area in winter to heat the polished concrete floor.—
Noah Daly,
Idaho Statesman,
13 June 2026
Noun
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The vast array of gems is a tribute to the maison’s rich history of Art Deco style and its early Egyptian Revival pieces, dating to an era when a new modern style was taking hold just as some antuiquity’s most significant discoveries were captivating the Western imagination.—
Paige Reddinger,
Robb Report,
12 June 2026
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Elsewhere in his remarks at the ceremony, Beckham paid tribute to his family.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 June 2026
Verb
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Sunshine and dry weather is in the forecast Friday afternoon as temperatures warm back into the 80s.—
Cutter Martin,
CBS News,
18 June 2026
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And as the climate crisis warms the water, the problem is growing.—
Harriet Marsden,
TheWeek,
18 June 2026
Noun
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This season, especially, has been a whirlwind of goals, assists and eulogies.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
10 June 2026
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On the day of Sue’s funeral, Sam gives a heartfelt eulogy, discussing his mother’s love for his father.—
Barry Levitt,
Time,
10 June 2026
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In this Fire sign, Venus wants the grand gestures and all the compliments.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
17 June 2026
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And that’s a compliment to the highest degree.—
Marci Robin,
Allure,
17 June 2026
Noun
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In Italy, academics like Ettore Romagnoli organized an authoritarian spectacle to celebrate two millennia of Horace, the priest Vittorio Genovesi wrote encomiums to Italian imperial ambitions in Rome’s Mare Nostrum, and the Latinist Luigi Illuminati who penned an epic dedicated to Il Duce.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Feb. 2026
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In this encomium to mindfulness, Wallace tells a tale of two fish swimming along, oblivious of the fact of water, the medium of their own existence.—
Hermione Hoby,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
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Mullin won early praise for speeding up FEMA relief payments to states, which Noem had slowed by requiring her personal sign-off on expenditures exceeding $100,000.—
Daniel C. Vock,
Chicago Tribune,
14 June 2026
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And that surprise breakout drew frank praise from a key Mets executive whose own team has struggled to find the same level of consistency.—
Peter Chawaga,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026
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Founded in 1999, the website publishes reviews of new releases, re-releases, books, and concerts; articles on aspects of the recording business and the classical repertoire; and Hurwitz’s diatribes and panegyrics.—
David Denby,
New Yorker,
20 July 2025
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The whole film is a panegyric: big speeches and weighty moments with very little sense of play.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
15 May 2025
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“Toast.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/toast. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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