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as in to distort
to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of
it turns out the pharmaceutical researcher had cooked her data
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as in to happen
to take place
wondered what was cooking when several police cars pulled up to their neighbor's house
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Recent Examples of cook
Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 16 Jan. 2026
Add white parts of the scallions, garlic, ginger and garlic chili oil to skillet; cook, stirring often, until fragrant, 1 to 2 minutes.
—Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 16 Jan. 2026
Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2026
As a result of its many cooks, KPop Demon Hunters has a complex, sometimes contradictory view of what makes a song K-pop.
—Sheldon Pearce, NPR, 29 Jan. 2026
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Verb
Malai Kofta, Aloo Baingan Marina Makkar mentioned these customer favorites on the 96-item menu:
Chicken Tikka Masala ($16.95): Tender chicken breast pieces cooked in its signature tandoor, then simmered in a creamy tomato sauce.
—Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 16 Jan. 2026
Add white parts of the scallions, garlic, ginger and garlic chili oil to skillet; cook, stirring often, until fragrant, 1 to 2 minutes.
—Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 16 Jan. 2026
Noun
The camera observes it all, cutting between these maids, cooks, and footmen with a kind of accumulating effect.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2026
As a result of its many cooks, KPop Demon Hunters has a complex, sometimes contradictory view of what makes a song K-pop.
—Sheldon Pearce, NPR, 29 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cook
Verb
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The revision comes from analyzing how radio signals sent by Juno bend and distort as the spacecraft passes behind Jupiter from Earth’s point of view.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Feb. 2026
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Today’s staged raid reinforces our conviction that this investigation distorts French law, circumvents due process, and endangers free speech.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
4 Feb. 2026
Verb
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What’s happening in Minneapolis isn’t a policy debate playing out on cable news.—
Dev Patnaik,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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As often happens during a crisis, the best of intentions can lead to some bad ideas.—
Matthew Kandrach,
Boston Herald,
27 Jan. 2026
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Stephanie Martin, a breakfast station cook at the Gaylord Rockies Resort and Convention Center, was persuaded to participate by Brian Reese, the resort’s sous chef and last year’s people’s choice winner.—
Miguel Otárola,
Denver Post,
6 Feb. 2026
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Kate and Gustavo Romero are the chef-owners of Oro by Nixta, a Mexican restaurant in Minneapolis that spotlights diverse corn varieties in vibrant seasonal cooking that landed the restaurant on our Best New Restaurants of 2024.—
Kate Kassin,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
6 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Too often, the contributions of African Americans have been minimized, misrepresented, or erased altogether.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
1 Feb. 2026
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Borrower Defense is a discharge program for federal student loans that allows borrowers to request cancellation on the basis of certain forms of school misconduct, such as misrepresenting admissions selectivity or program costs, or lying about graduate earnings and career prospects.—
Adam S. Minsky,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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The southern Portuguese city of Alcacer do Sal, about 60 miles from Lisbon, was battling rising waters from the river Sado, with downtown areas flooded and water levels measuring roughly 7 feet high in some places.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Feb. 2026
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For people that are not tracking what that actually means, that means that ICE can do almost no arrests in the entire country … If a court rules that there’s a final order of removal, they’re removed actually by an administrative warrant, not a judicial warrant.—
Morgan Chalfant,
semafor.com,
6 Feb. 2026
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While most football fans are excited to see the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks match up in Super Bowl LX, there is one fan base that could be staring at this game as the worst matchup possible.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
4 Feb. 2026
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There are a great many worthy projects to pursue, and many astronomers are indeed pursuing them.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
4 Feb. 2026
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As part of Congress, Menefee could face voting on controversial issues in coming weeks.—
Kate Perez,
USA Today,
2 Feb. 2026
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Hicks had been owed $25 million over the next two seasons, a liability that came with a hefty payroll tax for Boston.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
2 Feb. 2026
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“Cook.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cook. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.
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