Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for heat-treating
Verb
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Is steaming better than boiling eggs for deviled eggs?—
Shilpa Uskokovic,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
17 Mar. 2026 -
Drain and rinse with cold water until cool to the touch and no longer steaming.—
Erin Merhar,
Southern Living,
15 Mar. 2026
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Climate change has made the West’s recurring droughts and heat waves far more likely, a process that will only intensify without efforts to keep the planet from heating more.—
Mark Gongloff,
Mercury News,
21 Mar. 2026
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This releases energy mostly in the form of gamma rays, which are absorbed by the surrounding material, heating it up.—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
20 Mar. 2026
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The waters the real Dahl waded into were boiling then and haven’t dropped a degree since.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
24 Mar. 2026
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The official was one of three who compared their recent experience at NRC to being in a pot of slowly boiling water.—
Avi Asher-Schapiro,
ProPublica,
24 Mar. 2026
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“Heat-treating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heat-treating. Accessed 28 Mar. 2026.
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