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verb

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Recent Examples of microwave
Noun
This cooking method combines three different microwave technologies (traditional microwaving, convection heating and halogen light) to brown foods on the outside while leaving the inside perfectly moist. Bestreviews, Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2025 How to Make Chocolate Bottoms In small bowl microwave 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips (6 oz.) and 2 Tbsp. Jenavieve Christensen, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
Each meal comes in a plastic container and needs to be microwaved or heated for around three minutes. Molly Higgins, Wired News, 23 Sep. 2025 Recently, the service also added pre-prepared, heat-and-eat meals to its plans that can be microwaved in minutes. Kristin Canning, SELF, 14 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for microwave
Recent Examples of Synonyms for microwave
Noun
  • Shortly after the sheriff's deputies arrived on scene, Grayson pointed out a pot of boiling water on the stove, bodycam footage shows.
    N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025
  • When reheating, warm gently on the stove over low heat or in the microwave, stirring occasionally.
    Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Some users were giving school photographers heat in the comments, but a teacher quickly jumped to their defense.
    Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
  • He was heated during his post-match interview with Daniel Cormier.
    Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Bake in preheated oven until apples are tender and filling is bubbling, 45 to 50 minutes, covering edges with foil as needed to prevent any overbrowning.
    Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Inside is a vibrant space owned by locals Michael and Ayse Barluk, where guests will find two expansive floors with an open kitchen and a large stone oven.
    Kimberly Lyn, Travel + Leisure, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Just tap your choice and the automatic lowering system slides your bread into the toaster slots.
    Nora Colomer may earn a commission if you buy through our referral links. This content was created by a team that works independently from the Fox newsroom., FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2025
  • In the kitchen arena, standouts include KitchenAid stand mixers of course, however the Drew Barrymore toaster was an unexpected strong performer in our best toaster test update this year.
    Melissa Knific, Bon Appetit Magazine, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Ferrara’s arrival in New York City and subsequent entry into the movie business is presented as something like a case of recidivism, a dive from suburban gentility into the cauldron of steaming garbage that was Fun City–era Manhattan.
    Nick Pinkerton, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The clip then smash-cuts to a scene of Bruce as a child listening to his parents fight in the next room, and we’re meant to understand that the joy and power that steams off of the stage is a cure for the pain of childhood wounds.
    Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Place the skillet underneath the broiler and broil for about 4 minutes, until the cheese is completely melted and slightly charred on top.
    The New York Times News Service Syndicate, Denver Post, 22 Oct. 2025
  • If the chicken skin is not fully crisped, run the chicken under the broiler for about 1 to 2 minutes.
    Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Dave's Hot Chicken started as a pop-up more than a half-dozen years ago when a group of a few friends gathered up $900, a fryer and set up in an East Hollywood parking lot.
    Susan Selasky, Freep.com, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Though he was stationed at the fryer, Saft organized the stockroom on his own time, separating sauces from Happy Meal toys.
    Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Join the thousands of attendees and best coffee roasters, coffee and tea shops, bakers, pastry shops and chocolatiers from around the region.
    Caroline Ritzie, Cincinnati Enquirer, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Heltzel started roasting coffee in a West Bend Poppery (a popcorn popper his friend helped modify into a roaster) in 2011.
    Bahar Anooshahr, AZCentral.com, 18 Oct. 2025

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