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Recent Examples of microwave
Robin Miller, AZCentral.com, 29 Oct. 2025
This microwave rack adds extra shelving and hooks to your counter space.
—Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Oct. 2025
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
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Noun
To do this, place the whole squash in the microwave and microwave on HIGH for 1 to 2 minutes, until the squash is softer and easier to cut.
—Robin Miller, AZCentral.com, 29 Oct. 2025
This microwave rack adds extra shelving and hooks to your counter space.
—Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for microwave
Noun
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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
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When reheating, warm gently on the stove over low heat or in the microwave, stirring occasionally.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
22 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Wrobleski was heated as he was corralled back to the mound.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
2 Nov. 2025
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The nonstick, pre-seasoned skillet heats quickly and evenly, and excels at frying eggs, searing meats, sautéeing vegetables, baking cornbread and cobblers, and so much more.—
Mark Marino,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
31 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Meanwhile, heat the olive oil in a Dutch oven over medium heat.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
29 Oct. 2025
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If baking, preheat oven to 425° with racks in top third and lower third positions.—
Sabrina Weiss,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
Noun
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On Thursday, April 10, the chain revealed the inaugural line of Fusions and Swirls, which included the Pop-Tarts Strawberry Frosty Fusion which marked the toaster pastry’s first time being offered as a frozen dessert mix-in, according to a press release.—
Emily Rella,
PEOPLE,
3 Nov. 2025
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The system works like a toaster crossed with a blast furnace.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
30 Oct. 2025
Verb
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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
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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
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Place a baking steel or stone in the top third of the oven and preheat the broiler.—
Katie Parla,
Saveur,
30 Oct. 2025
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Add chopped up pieces of chocolate and marshmallows on top, and place under the broiler a few minutes until melted and gooey.—
Metro Creative Services,
Boston Herald,
29 Oct. 2025
Noun
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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
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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
Noun
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Electricity Produces Electromagnetic Waves A magnetron in the microwave oven uses electricity to produce electromagnetic waves.—
Brittany Lubeck,
Verywell Health,
20 Oct. 2025
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Remove from microwave oven and set aside.—
Tribune News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Microwave.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/microwave. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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