reheating

verb

present participle of reheat
as in superheating

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Recent Examples of reheating The restaurant was reportedly using a steam table and a rice cooker for reheating macaroni and cheese, beans, collard greens and other foods, despite the equipment not being designed to reheat food. — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 17 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reheating
  1. heating
  2. thawing
  3. cooking
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  • By heating food using electromagnetic energy, microwave ovens made reheating and quick meal preparation easier, changing everyday cooking habits across much of the world.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Meanwhile, atmospheric carbon dioxide crept up by roughly 20 parts per million between 8,000 and 2,000 years ago, increasing the greenhouse effect that was heating the atmosphere up.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of heating
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  • So when the inspector saw the fish not frozen, but thawing in the walk-in cooler, the fish got hit with a Stop Sale.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Plunge into this immersive epic, uncovering what chilling relics risk escaping the thawing ice.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of thawing
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  • Many of these 13 tracks have popped up as demos in Jensen’s live shows or NTS sets, cooking down to their essence in plain sight.
    — Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The Cupertino writers are really cooking with this case, which once again sees multiple reversals of fortune, with Chatlike presenting airtight arguments that PSA punctures and vice versa.
    — Noel Murray, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of cooking

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“Reheating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reheating. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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