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Recent Examples of microwave
Sacbee.com, 7 Nov. 2025
Heat milk or your preferred milk alternative on the stove or in 30-second bursts in the microwave.
—Cody Godwin, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
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
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Noun
There were two dead German cockroaches in a glue trap in the cabinet under the microwave.
—Sacbee.com, 7 Nov. 2025
Heat milk or your preferred milk alternative on the stove or in 30-second bursts in the microwave.
—Cody Godwin, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
Verb
Your phone and computer will change the time automatically, but remember to turn your other clocks back an hour, including the oven and microwave, your watch and grandfather clock, before going to sleep on Saturday night, Nov. 1.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for microwave
Noun
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Even in a tiny home, this layout allows for a stove, dishwasher, fridge, and the essential farmhouse sink to tie it all together.—
Caley Sturgill,
Southern Living,
7 Nov. 2025
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Other highlights include a living room sporting a wood-burning stove, a dining area that connects to a kitchen outfitted with open shelving and stainless appliances, and a bath equipped with a porcelain tub.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
7 Nov. 2025
Verb
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The concrete base and walls make the homes more resistant to fire and other natural elements, and could provide significant energy savings when heating and cooling the houses.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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In comparison to the former, the Misen won’t readily rust, is lighter to wield and quicker to heat, and doesn’t ask for much in terms of maintenance and care.—
Wilder Davies,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Try brick-oven pizza at Domenica or cocktails at Surreal Bar.—
Aaron Randolph,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Nov. 2025
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These included discoloration of the carbon after oven curing.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Pop-Tarts offers a frosted pumpkin pie toaster pastry.—
Hannah Yasharoff,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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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
Verb
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Acorn squash can be baked, roasted, or steamed for a tasty side dish.—
Jillian Kubala,
Health,
6 Nov. 2025
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Humidity often corrodes cables and steams camera lenses.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The best option for broiling is a broiler pan.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
4 Nov. 2025
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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
Noun
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This set includes an 11-inch round grill, a large roaster, and a grill grid.—
Louryn Strampe,
Wired News,
27 Oct. 2025
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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
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 20 Nov. 2025.
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