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
Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 15 Mar. 2026
Among her most popular dishes are toasted pecan waffles served a la mode and stuffed blueberry French toast.
—Michelle Polizzi, Denver Post, 15 Mar. 2026
Adebayo ate a brunch-like pregame meal on Tuesday that included chia seed pudding, French toast and turkey sausages.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 14 Mar. 2026
The wedding toast by DiMarco’s folks (Jennifer Jason Leigh and Ted Levine) is a little off.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2026
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Noun
Serve with crusty bread, garlic toast, or a simple green salad with a tangy vinaigrette to balance the soup’s richness.
—Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 15 Mar. 2026
Among her most popular dishes are toasted pecan waffles served a la mode and stuffed blueberry French toast.
—Michelle Polizzi, Denver Post, 15 Mar. 2026
Adebayo ate a brunch-like pregame meal on Tuesday that included chia seed pudding, French toast and turkey sausages.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 14 Mar. 2026
The wedding toast by DiMarco’s folks (Jennifer Jason Leigh and Ted Levine) is a little off.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for toast
Verb
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Climate change has made the West’s recurring droughts and heat waves far more likely, a process that will only intensify without efforts to keep the planet from heating more.—
Mark Gongloff,
Mercury News,
21 Mar. 2026
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That heats the rock, which melts and breaks apart.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
20 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The tournament began as a tribute to the 13 founders of the LPGA.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
21 Mar. 2026
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In February, there was a tribute concert in his honor in San Francisco that featured famous friends and admirers including Van Morrison, Hozier, Joan Baez, George Thorogood, Narada Michael Walden, Ruby Amanfu, Steven Van Zandt, Trombone Shorty and many others.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
20 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The patent-pending technology is body heat activated, so your body heat warms it up to make the lashes adhere.—
Tory Johnson,
ABC News,
19 Mar. 2026
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Meals are usually served with corn or flour tortillas warmed in a traditional Oaxacan clay oven alongside a flight of salsas made from the 12 different types of chili peppers grown on the property.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
18 Mar. 2026
Noun
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McAdams remembered both Catherine O’Hara and Diane Keaton; Streisand gave an astonishing eulogy to her co-star and friend Robert Redford.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
16 Mar. 2026
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That’s the purpose of a eulogy.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Mar. 2026
Noun
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But our sincere compliments to the curators.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
18 Mar. 2026
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This shirt earned more compliments than anything else in the test thanks to its loud, playful print.—
Joe Jackson,
Outside,
16 Mar. 2026
Noun
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In Italy, academics like Ettore Romagnoli organized an authoritarian spectacle to celebrate two millennia of Horace, the priest Vittorio Genovesi wrote encomiums to Italian imperial ambitions in Rome’s Mare Nostrum, and the Latinist Luigi Illuminati who penned an epic dedicated to Il Duce.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Feb. 2026
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In this encomium to mindfulness, Wallace tells a tale of two fish swimming along, oblivious of the fact of water, the medium of their own existence.—
Hermione Hoby,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
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And since his nomination, he's received widespread praise among Republicans, and a handful of Democrats, making his confirmation all-but guaranteed.—
Kaia Hubbard,
CBS News,
22 Mar. 2026
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Newsom’s candor deserves praise, not condemnation.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
22 Mar. 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 26 Mar. 2026.
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