as in warming
to cause to have or give off heat to a moderate degree
heat water for tea heat the oven to 350 degrees before you put the cake in
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Recent Examples of heating
Many times, the needs of the homeless are not just heating or cooling, but there may be medical/dental issues, food or appropriate clothing needs as well.
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Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 24 Oct. 2025
These include testing milk before cheesemaking or heating it to sub-pasteurization temperatures, which can inactivate the virus while maintaining the qualities valued by artisanal producers.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
The overwhelming share of scientists, agencies, and international groups—including NASA and the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)—agree that industrial-era greenhouse emissions are heating the planet, driving both costlier and more frequent storms.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 22 Oct. 2025
When in doubt, just transfer the contents of your glass jar to one of these items before heating.
—Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 21 Oct. 2025
The global shipping industry is responsible for around 3% of global planet-heating pollution annually, a figure that could rise to 17% by 2050 if no action is taken, according to a 2018 European Parliament analysis.
—Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2025
The vitrification process involves removing waste from leaking underground tanks, mixing it with additives, and heating it above 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2025
Compared to existing methods to recover rare earth elements, a process based on rapidly heating waste magnet material in the presence of chlorine gas uses one-third of the processing steps, reduces energy consumption by 87 percent, and produces 84 percent fewer greenhouse gas emissions.
—IEEE Spectrum, 9 Oct. 2025
To facilitate even heating, let food rest for a few minutes after cooking.
—Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 24 Oct. 2025
These include testing milk before cheesemaking or heating it to sub-pasteurization temperatures, which can inactivate the virus while maintaining the qualities valued by artisanal producers.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
The overwhelming share of scientists, agencies, and international groups—including NASA and the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)—agree that industrial-era greenhouse emissions are heating the planet, driving both costlier and more frequent storms.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 22 Oct. 2025
When in doubt, just transfer the contents of your glass jar to one of these items before heating.
—Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 21 Oct. 2025
The global shipping industry is responsible for around 3% of global planet-heating pollution annually, a figure that could rise to 17% by 2050 if no action is taken, according to a 2018 European Parliament analysis.
—Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2025
The vitrification process involves removing waste from leaking underground tanks, mixing it with additives, and heating it above 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2025
Compared to existing methods to recover rare earth elements, a process based on rapidly heating waste magnet material in the presence of chlorine gas uses one-third of the processing steps, reduces energy consumption by 87 percent, and produces 84 percent fewer greenhouse gas emissions.
—IEEE Spectrum, 9 Oct. 2025
To facilitate even heating, let food rest for a few minutes after cooking.
—Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for heating
warming
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Last week, relations between Washington and Moscow appeared to be warming after Trump held a call with Putin and did not approve Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's request for long-range Tomahawk missiles.—
Christian Orozco,
NBC news,
23 Oct. 2025
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More intense rainfall events from storms of all kinds are becoming more likely as warming temperatures prime the atmosphere to hold more water vapor.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Heating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heating. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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