as in to heat
to cause to have or give off heat to a moderate degree
come over and toast your toes by the fire
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Recent Examples of toast
Tom Dougherty, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
Kraft offered a toast before dinner with the whole group.
—Chad Graff, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
Naturally sweetened with dates and filled with chia seeds, this gourmet raspberry jam is great on toast, swirled into oats and yogurt, dolloped onto pancakes, served on charcuterie boards, or mixed into smoothies.
—Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 7 Jan. 2026
Expect fresh juices, smoothies, sourdough toast and pastries sourced from the local café up the road.
—Irenie Forshaw, TheWeek, 5 Jan. 2026
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Noun
It's set in 1776 in Philly and depicts Benjamin Franklin and other Founding Fathers signing the Declaration of Independence, with a celebratory toast with milk.
—Tom Dougherty, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
Kraft offered a toast before dinner with the whole group.
—Chad Graff, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
Naturally sweetened with dates and filled with chia seeds, this gourmet raspberry jam is great on toast, swirled into oats and yogurt, dolloped onto pancakes, served on charcuterie boards, or mixed into smoothies.
—Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 7 Jan. 2026
Expect fresh juices, smoothies, sourdough toast and pastries sourced from the local café up the road.
—Irenie Forshaw, TheWeek, 5 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for toast
Verb
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Unlike conventional lithium-ion batteries that falter under heat, thermal batteries use molten salts as electrolytes, which become ionically conductive only when heated.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Jan. 2026
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Ukraine battled Sunday to restore power to tens of thousands of people left without heating in bitterly cold temperatures after a week of intense Russian attacks that have brought the country’s energy infrastructure to its knees.—
Sophie Tanno,
CNN Money,
11 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Shelton’s mother, Stacy, also paid tribute to him on social media.—
Desiree Anello,
PEOPLE,
14 Jan. 2026
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His most recent Instagram post is from 2024 and pays tribute to his deceased bandmate, Liam Payne.—
Elizabeth Logan,
Glamour,
13 Jan. 2026
Verb
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The two shared a heart-warming moment following Chalamet's win, too.—
Clare Fisher,
PEOPLE,
12 Jan. 2026
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Using energy from the environment, a heat pump can efficiently warm the home in winter and cool it in summer.—
Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Bill Clinton, the sitting president, gave a eulogy.—
Jamelle Bouie,
Mercury News,
8 Jan. 2026
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Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night eulogy to his friend and band-leader Cleto Escobedo III.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
30 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Plus, get your hands on rich-looking bags and cozy-chic clogs that’ll earn compliments galore.—
Kyra Surgent,
InStyle,
6 Jan. 2026
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Graciously accept any compliments, then keep moving in that same generous spirit.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
5 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Critchley believes that music—any music, so long as one really loves it—can lead to mystical experience, and the end of his book is an encomium to punk rock.—
Christian Wiman,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
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What Zagajewski had in mind, perhaps, is the encomium, praise as a classical enterprise—the verb alone intimates the mode of speech at the heart of the ancient quarrel between poetry and philosophy itself, tracing back to Plato and before.—
Elaine L. Wang
September 11,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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One that is more spiritually rewarding than praise or criticism in scouting reports.—
Mirin Fader,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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Here in the United States, the writer and filmmaker Mike Judge has garnered praise over the course of his career for getting laughs out of broken systems and absurd ignorance in American culture.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Founded in 1999, the website publishes reviews of new releases, re-releases, books, and concerts; articles on aspects of the recording business and the classical repertoire; and Hurwitz’s diatribes and panegyrics.—
David Denby,
New Yorker,
20 July 2025
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The whole film is a panegyric: big speeches and weighty moments with very little sense of play.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
15 May 2025
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“Toast.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/toast. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
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