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
Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 15 Apr. 2025
In a social media sneak peek ahead of the RHOBH reunion on Tuesday, April 15, fans saw the moment the Jamie Foxx Show actress, 58, walked off the set of the season 14 reunion after the cast toast.
—Angel Saunders, People.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Moët’s links to F1 date back to the first year of the world championship in 1950, when, after winning that year’s French Grand Prix, Juan Manuel Fangio was invited to make a toast with one of its bottles.
—Luke Smith, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
Though Turtle was not physically present, Green made sure she was honored in a heartfelt toast.
—John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
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Noun
However, after a toast, Andy Cohen asked the cast to take a group photo celebrating the end, but Beauvais wasn’t going to continue pretending anymore.
—Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 15 Apr. 2025
In a social media sneak peek ahead of the RHOBH reunion on Tuesday, April 15, fans saw the moment the Jamie Foxx Show actress, 58, walked off the set of the season 14 reunion after the cast toast.
—Angel Saunders, People.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Moët’s links to F1 date back to the first year of the world championship in 1950, when, after winning that year’s French Grand Prix, Juan Manuel Fangio was invited to make a toast with one of its bottles.
—Luke Smith, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
Though Turtle was not physically present, Green made sure she was honored in a heartfelt toast.
—John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for toast
Verb
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True to Strata’s claims, the cooking surface heated quickly and evenly, on par with high-end stainless-steel pans like All-Clad.—
Wilder Davies,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
25 Apr. 2025
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The other key concern is his tendency to prematurely drop his eyes once the pocket gets heated.—
Charlotte Carroll,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2025
Noun
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After Trachtenberg's death, many of her former costars paid tribute to her career in Hollywood, including Sarah Michelle Gellar, who starred with her on Buffy the Vampire Slayer in the early 2000s.—
Emily Blackwood,
People.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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Coogler and his co-screenwriter Joe Robert Cole opted not to recast Boseman's role as Wakanda's King T'Challa, and instead reworked the script to address his death and pay tribute to the performer.—
Shania Russell,
EW.com,
17 Apr. 2025
Verb
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These points of no return are specific moments when the planet has warmed so much that certain effects become irreversible.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
24 Apr. 2025
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These particles can not only affect human health and safety, but can also affect the weather and climate by cooling or warming the Earth as well as enhancing or preventing cloud formation.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Apr. 2025
Noun
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This turn of events gives him the confidence to cross the pond and attend her funeral, where his contributions are part of the digital eulogy.—
William Earl,
Variety,
11 Apr. 2025
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Martinez had been one of Baker’s roommates and delivered a eulogy at his funeral but later confessed to participating in a scheme with another roommate to kidnap Baker for $100,000 ransom.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
2 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The post didn’t come with shade, a backhanded compliment, or some cryptic message.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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Got thoughts, questions, ideas, concerns, compliments or maybe even some recs for me?—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The mall is an elegy for what mid-20th-century politicians and progressives imagined downtown Los Angeles could be: a city with a vibrant core, accessible by freeways, anchored by a City Hall with encomiums inscribed above entrances exalting the public good.—
Thomas Curwen,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Nov. 2024
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According to a detailed and well-sourced Washington Post exposé, the plot was directed from the highest levels of Indian intelligence, with the apparent blessing of officials close to Modi himself—all while Modi basked in Biden’s lavish encomium.—
Andrew Cockburn,
Harper's Magazine,
20 Aug. 2024
Noun
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None of these shows have quite captured the zeitgeist like The Mandalorian did or garnered the critical praise of Andor.—
Eliana Dockterman,
Time,
22 Apr. 2025
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While consumer advocacy groups and some tax experts have praised Direct File for creating a free pathway for some taxpayers to file their returns, the service hasn't earned universal praise.—
Alain Sherter,
CBS News,
22 Apr. 2025
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Buckley’s magazine, National Review, the flagship of the movement, published regular panegyrics to anti-communist generalissimos, heaping adoration on the likes of the Dominican Republic’s Rafael Trujillo, Portugal’s Antonio de Oliveira Salazar, and Spain’s Francisco Franco.—
Franklin Foer,
The Atlantic,
1 Mar. 2024
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For example, Kenneth Khachigian, chief speechwriter for former President Ronald Reagan, wrote a panegyric about her for The Wall Street Journal, which went so far as to compare her to the Gipper.—
Robert Robb,
CNN,
31 Oct. 2022
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“Toast.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/toast. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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