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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as in tribute
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Recent Examples of toast
Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2025
For example, make overnight oats the night before or have toast and peanut butter ready.
—Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 30 Sep. 2025
Expect high-end snacks like Larson’s crab toast with brown butter aioli and pickled fresno or his butterbean hummus.
—Elliott Harrell, Southern Living, 29 Sep. 2025
Selena Gomez’s mother and stepfather Mandy Teefey and Brian Teefey, as well as Benny Blanco’s parents, Sandra and Andrew Levin gave a toast to the bride and groom.
—Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 29 Sep. 2025
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That was the entirety of Martin Sheen's toast at Charlie Sheen's wedding.
—Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2025
For example, make overnight oats the night before or have toast and peanut butter ready.
—Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 30 Sep. 2025
Expect high-end snacks like Larson’s crab toast with brown butter aioli and pickled fresno or his butterbean hummus.
—Elliott Harrell, Southern Living, 29 Sep. 2025
Selena Gomez’s mother and stepfather Mandy Teefey and Brian Teefey, as well as Benny Blanco’s parents, Sandra and Andrew Levin gave a toast to the bride and groom.
—Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 29 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for toast
Verb
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And because the team has gathered genetic material from coral that appear more resistant to heat and stress, their efforts are designed to reproduce hardier varieties.—
John Otis,
NPR,
5 Oct. 2025
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In a larger skillet, heat the sesame oil over medium-high heat.—
Susan Selasky,
Freep.com,
4 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Gregory’s Vice Principals co-star Walton Goggins also paid the late actress tribute.—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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Several successors aiming for a similar cocktail of horror and comedy have paid tribute to the Bride, from Young Frankenstein (1974) and The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) to Bride of Chucky (1998) and a run of DC Comics (and James Gunn's accompanying Creature Commandos series).—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Floods are expected to worsen as a warming climate fuels stronger storms, drenching areas that are already flood-prone and bringing a new level of flooding to areas once considered lower risk.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
5 Oct. 2025
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Archaeologists thus got a snapshot of these early humans during a pivotal moment in history when the climate permitted their dispersal through a warming Gobi Desert.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The Rockies lost 4-0 to the Giants on Sunday afternoon at Oracle Park, a fitting eulogy to the worst season in franchise history and one of the most futile seasons in baseball’s modern era.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
28 Sep. 2025
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Jewish leaders in Arizona condemned Tucker Carlson's eulogy for Charlie Kirk as antisemitic.—
Jose R. Gonzalez,
AZCentral.com,
23 Sep. 2025
Noun
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This is one of the greatest compliments an opposing manager can provide ahead of an elimination game.—
Drew VonScio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Oct. 2025
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If anyone calls the Laughlin sideboard a pill, take it as a compliment.—
Yelena Moroz Alpert,
Architectural Digest,
6 Oct. 2025
Noun
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What Zagajewski had in mind, perhaps, is the encomium, praise as a classical enterprise—the verb alone intimates the mode of speech at the heart of the ancient quarrel between poetry and philosophy itself, tracing back to Plato and before.—
Elaine L. Wang
September 11,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
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An encomium for the adversary: Plastics are amazing.—
Annie Lowrey,
The Atlantic,
7 July 2025
Noun
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No Easton Cowan, despite plenty of praise from the coach.—
James Mirtle,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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While speaking on Apple Music’s The Zane Lowe Show on Tuesday, the singer-songwriter talked about processing the mixed reactions to her 12th album, which has received both praise and criticism from critics and fans.—
Lexy Perez,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Oct. 2025
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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 9 Oct. 2025.
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