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
Greta Cross, USA Today, 31 July 2025
Wagyu beef tartare topped with pickled shallot, sherry vinegar, truffle, horseradish sabayon, served with tallow toast.
—Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 July 2025
Sharing toasts and other experiences with a small group that does nearly everything together over several days can spawn lively conversations at mealtime.
—David Dickstein, Oc Register, 30 July 2025
The Brisket Pastrami Sandwich features layers of Dijon, house pickles, Swiss cheese and bacon-onion jam on Texas toast, served with a side of rich brisket jus.
—Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 29 July 2025
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For example, swap out your white toast or refined breakfast cereal for whole grain and add a piece of fruit.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 31 July 2025
Wagyu beef tartare topped with pickled shallot, sherry vinegar, truffle, horseradish sabayon, served with tallow toast.
—Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 July 2025
Sharing toasts and other experiences with a small group that does nearly everything together over several days can spawn lively conversations at mealtime.
—David Dickstein, Oc Register, 30 July 2025
The Brisket Pastrami Sandwich features layers of Dijon, house pickles, Swiss cheese and bacon-onion jam on Texas toast, served with a side of rich brisket jus.
—Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 29 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for toast
Verb
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Coal is heated without oxygen to extreme temperatures, as high as over 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit, to produce coke.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
12 Aug. 2025
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These are some of the oldest rocks on the planet—they’ve been heated, squished, melted, and faulted multiple times as Earth went through the growth, collision, and breakup of continents before being worn down by ice and exposed today.—
Howard Lee,
ArsTechnica,
11 Aug. 2025
Noun
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DeGroff is the father of the American cocktail renaissance and has a Scorcese-esque fascination with all things New York; Beebe’s extended tribute to the Stork Club and the cocktails therein would’ve been irresistible.—
Jason O'Bryan,
Robb Report,
16 Aug. 2025
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He was ordered to forfeit two diamond chains that pay tribute to friends, court records show.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
16 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Shildt did not have anyone warming in the bullpen until Carroll’s double.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Aug. 2025
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Least confident on how much warming the coastal areas will see.—
Anna Skinner,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Aug. 2025
Noun
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In August 1997, Princess Diana died age 36 in 1997 following a car accident in Paris, and her younger brother delivered a passionate eulogy at her royal ceremonial funeral at Westminster Abbey six days later.—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
29 July 2025
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Nicole Ari Parker, who plays LTW, gives it her all this episode, lightly sparring with guest actress Jenifer Lewis and breaking down while reading a eulogy.—
Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
9 July 2025
Noun
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Declining a compliment can make the giver feel rejected.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
4 Aug. 2025
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Against Malik Harrison, Johnson missed on initial contact but kept fighting to the whistle and got some compliments from running backs coach Eddie Faulkner.—
Mike DeFabo,
New York Times,
2 Aug. 2025
Noun
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An encomium for the adversary: Plastics are amazing.—
Annie Lowrey,
The Atlantic,
7 July 2025
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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
Noun
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Di Gregorio is joined in the cast by Greta Scarano (Suburra), who also won praise for her feature directorial debut La Vita Da Grandi, as the daughter, and Game of Thrones star Tom Wlaschiha, as her cheating husband who walks from Germany to Rome in search of forgiveness.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
7 Aug. 2025
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Ahead is the chance to earn more than praise as part of the front five.—
Oliver Thomas,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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 20 Aug. 2025.
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