as in cuisine
the art or style of preparing food (as in a specified region)
a TV show that teaches viewers the basics of French cooking
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as in misrepresenting
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 happening
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 cooking
Olivia McIntosh, Martha Stewart, 5 Mar. 2026
Life, and with it, the family’s cooking, upended.
—Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 5 Mar. 2026
Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Feb. 2026
The cooking utensil kit features extra-long handles to help keep a safe distance from heat.
—Tory Johnson, ABC News, 28 Feb. 2026
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Noun
According to a press release, the book breaks down each discipline—cooking, entertaining, home organizing, collecting, and gardening—into foundational lessons and step-by-step principles to live by that will produce real results.
—Olivia McIntosh, Martha Stewart, 5 Mar. 2026
Life, and with it, the family’s cooking, upended.
—Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 5 Mar. 2026
Verb
Best Amazon Kitchen Deals The sale prices in the kitchen category are also exceptional, with 12-piece cookware sets under $100, cooking utensil sets under $25, and must-have kitchen tools—like a two-pack of fruit and veggie peelers and a best-selling milk frother—for $10.
—Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Feb. 2026
The cooking utensil kit features extra-long handles to help keep a safe distance from heat.
—Tory Johnson, ABC News, 28 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cooking
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The restaurant is an ode to his Egyptian roots as well as the smorgasbord of flavors and cuisines that make up the Middle East and Mediterranean.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 Mar. 2026
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Bourdain will occasionally fetch up at some fancy eatery, but the heart of any cuisine is formed on the street, or in the country, or along the sea.—
Yvonne Villarreal,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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Kapoor was also charged with falsifying bank statements to inflate his account balances, failing to disclose a significant mortgage on his Cocoplum residence and misrepresenting that his tax returns had been filed with the IRS, all to obtain more than $9 million in financing.—
Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
6 Mar. 2026
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Trump did not believe the Iranians were serious about giving up its decades-long ambition to develop a nuclear weapon and seemed to be misrepresenting the extent of its enrichment capabilities.—
Brian Bennett,
Time,
28 Feb. 2026
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Welcome back to the Times of Troy newsletter, where there is no shortage of big things happening at USC.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Mar. 2026
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Place, a foreman and driver for Camelback Moving, asked the guard what was happening.—
Sydney Page The Washington Post,
Arkansas Online,
8 Mar. 2026
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These pressures are distorting the market.—
Vijay Dandapani,
New York Daily News,
27 Feb. 2026
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The comments reflect longstanding German concerns about what Berlin sees as an undervalued yuan, market-distorting subsidies and overcapacity among Chinese exporters that have built massive trade surpluses with Europe’s largest economy, amounting to 90 billion euros ($106 billion) last year.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
26 Feb. 2026
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Similarly, Wells Fargo CEO Charlie Scharf said in December that the bank is doing a lot more because of AI.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
7 Mar. 2026
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An officer monitoring a vehicle X-ray machine did not detect anything wrong with the vehicle, but another officer doing a physical inspection spotted the woman’s foot, according to the complaint.—
Alex Riggins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Mar. 2026
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Those cuts are now baked into the base budgets for agencies, and lawmakers will vote on them in the coming weeks.—
Idaho Statesman,
Idaho Statesman,
7 Mar. 2026
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When the scam fell apart amid regulatory and legal scrutiny late last decade, the resulting scandal rocked the nascent green energy sector, coming several years after another California firm, Solyndra, collapsed after receiving a half-billion-dollar loan guarantee from the federal government.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
6 Mar. 2026
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There’s also some of the content that’s emerged that really [highlights] activism at its highest level to show the exploitation and corruption that’s occurring on our planet.—
Gqlshare,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Mar. 2026
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Broward situation reflects national trend Disputes between hospitals and insurers over reimbursement rates and claim payments, like those in Broward County, are occurring nationwide.—
Cindy Krischer Goodman,
Sun Sentinel,
8 Mar. 2026
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“Cooking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cooking. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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