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verb

past tense of roast

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Recent Examples of roasted
Adjective
This roasted broccoli salad is a delicious way to shake things up. Lynda Balslev, Mercury News, 11 Aug. 2026 Casual Chinese restaurant with roasted duck and barbecue pork. Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Aug. 2026 Green Thumb Salad Spot will serve salads from classics like the Caesar to house specialties like an option with roasted cauliflower, sweet potato, avocado, grains, herbs and house dressing. Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 10 Aug. 2026 Little flecks of roasted sweet potato pepper the cake, and a tangy cream cheese glaze is a perfect complement to the warm spices and crunchy topping. Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 8 Aug. 2026 The dish is rounded out with buttermilk and sweet corn elements, including a crisp cornmeal sable and roasted corn white chocolate. Angela Hansberger, AJC.com, 7 Aug. 2026 Our homemade harissa aioli brings the kick, the pickles and sumac onion cut the richness, and the roasted tomato and cabbage slaw keep everything bright. Aly Walansky, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026 This may include items like fresh fruit or roasted chickpeas. Vanessa Caceres, Verywell Health, 7 Aug. 2026 The shop prides itself in the original and old fashioned flavor of its roasted coffee, said Johnny Daughtery, the manager of the Sacramento location. Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Verb
Sliced turkey comes in a handful of styles, including smoked, honey-roasted, pepper-crusted and herb-roasted, as well as low-sodium, organic and 95% fat-free. Jolene Thym, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026 Tons of truckloads arrive at Texas grocers and restaurants, ready to be roasted and eaten in enchiladas, queso, tamales and even margaritas. Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Aug. 2026 Local red snapper is roasted, as well, served with rice, a green curry sauce, bok choy, littleneck clams and a Thai basil salad. Connie Ogle july 31, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026 Once roasted, the skins can be peeled off and the internal ribs and seeds can be easily removed. Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 30 July 2026 The internet roasted LemonLime for exploiting power dynamics in a challenging job market. Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 30 July 2026 With Logout’s punk credentials and Margo XS’s keen ear for self-referential, post-hyperpop production, HARDBODY’s hero’s journey is sarcastically relatable, like getting roasted in the group chat for last night’s shenanigans. Cameron Cook, Pitchfork, 29 July 2026 There are jackfruit tacos, cauliflower roasted in the semi-style of carne asada, pozole rojo loaded with mushrooms. Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 29 July 2026 The agave pinas were roasted in brick ovens and then fermented using the distillery’s proprietary yeast before a double distillation. Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 22 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for roasted
Adjective
  • More humane methods of killing lobsters pre-boiling include a sharp knife through the head, electrical stunning, or freezing.
    semafor.com, semafor.com, 29 Dec. 2025
  • Agrawal and her team studied ionic liquids — salts that are liquid at sub-boiling temperatures (below 212 degrees Fahrenheit, or 100 degrees Celsius) — as a potential hospitable environment for life.
    Stefanie Waldek, Space.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Before the show’s official announcement, Brown teased a reunion with Harbour during the June 24 episode of the Happy Sad Confused podcast.
    Shelby Stivale, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Aug. 2026
  • One of the original Blue Bloods is making a trip to Beantown after Donnie Wahlberg teased an upcoming guest star on Boston Blue.
    Glenn Garner, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • Flashover typically causes severe burns, particularly on the face, beck and upper limbs, often combined with critical inhalation injures from radiant heat and superheated gases.
    Kara Fox, CNN Money, 2 Jan. 2026
  • Marzocchi says the data suggest that, for now, the tremors are more the result of gases pushing superheated water up through the earth, rather than magma rising.
    Ruth Sherlock, NPR, 25 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Naturally, Kelly gets kidded about that as well.
    Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 June 2026
  • When Curt Cignetti was hired just more than two years ago, it was considered a smart move by the athletic department, but no one kidded themselves that Indiana was some sort of raucous fan sleeper cell just waiting to be activated.
    Will Leitch, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • Most broiling pans are dishwasher-safe, and a matching drip tray helps keep the oven residue-free.
    BestReviews, Mercury News, 27 Aug. 2025
  • In July, El Sobrante managers informed the South Coast Air Quality Management District that a chemical reaction brewing inside the landfill was causing broiling temperatures and producing toxic sulfur pollution, according to air district records.
    Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Fans have long joked that her relationship with Rocky, their growing family and her many business ventures were responsible for delaying new music, but the rapper said that isn’t the case.
    Lily Brown, PEOPLE, 6 Aug. 2026
  • However, while Flick and his team relished getting down to work, some within the squad joked about the lack of entertainment — beyond snooker and table tennis.
    Laia Cervelló Herrero, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • Of course, some of the AI winners grew to become overheated in late June and were due for a pullback anyway.
    Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Those rate hikes were aimed at cooling overheated demand, giving supply a chance to catch up.
    Matt Egan, CNN Money, 28 July 2026
Adjective
  • It’s all played for laughs, rather than anything remotely steamy.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The first hint came from a small swarm of earthquakes on May 8, with NASA satellites spotting steamy volcanic plumes and discolored water the next day.
    Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 31 July 2026

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“Roasted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roasted. Accessed 14 Aug. 2026.

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