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as in heats
to cause to have or give off heat to a moderate degree
you'll need to warm the food in the microwave
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as in pleases
to give satisfaction to
my dance instructor's generous praise warmed my heart
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Recent Examples of warms
Loving Venus warms your 4th House of Home, forming an easy sextile to radical Uranus in your 2nd House of Resources, so comfort and finances can support each other.
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Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 15 June 2026
Your 4th House of Home warms as Venus, planet of values, shifts in, encouraging careful upgrades that make daily life feel calm and genuinely cozy.
—Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 June 2026
Some of these temperature shifts could be linked to El Niño, a natural climate pattern that warms surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific.
—Christine Rapp, NBC news, 13 June 2026
This downward motion compresses and warms the air in the lower atmosphere while simultaneously trapping heat rising from the Earth's surface, leading to heat waves.
—Doyle Rice, USA Today, 7 June 2026
The risk is not theoretical The dangers of hot, humid weather are not new to professional soccer players and tournament organizers, though the risks are getting more pronounced as the planet warms.
—Rebecca Hersher, NPR, 4 June 2026
New furniture, fresh paint, and recent renovations can all release chemicals into the air, especially when sunlight warms them up.
—Angela Haupt, Time, 3 June 2026
Most scientists believe that burning fossil fuels releases greenhouse gases, which remain in the atmosphere, and that these gases trap additional heat, which warms the planet.
—Editorial, Boston Herald, 29 May 2026
Heatwaves will continue to get more and more intense, happen more frequently and start earlier in the year as the world warms due to fossil fuel pollution.
—Thomas Schlachter, CNN Money, 28 May 2026
Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 15 June 2026
Your 4th House of Home warms as Venus, planet of values, shifts in, encouraging careful upgrades that make daily life feel calm and genuinely cozy.
—Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 June 2026
Some of these temperature shifts could be linked to El Niño, a natural climate pattern that warms surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific.
—Christine Rapp, NBC news, 13 June 2026
This downward motion compresses and warms the air in the lower atmosphere while simultaneously trapping heat rising from the Earth's surface, leading to heat waves.
—Doyle Rice, USA Today, 7 June 2026
The risk is not theoretical The dangers of hot, humid weather are not new to professional soccer players and tournament organizers, though the risks are getting more pronounced as the planet warms.
—Rebecca Hersher, NPR, 4 June 2026
New furniture, fresh paint, and recent renovations can all release chemicals into the air, especially when sunlight warms them up.
—Angela Haupt, Time, 3 June 2026
Most scientists believe that burning fossil fuels releases greenhouse gases, which remain in the atmosphere, and that these gases trap additional heat, which warms the planet.
—Editorial, Boston Herald, 29 May 2026
Heatwaves will continue to get more and more intense, happen more frequently and start earlier in the year as the world warms due to fossil fuel pollution.
—Thomas Schlachter, CNN Money, 28 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for warms
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The baking process heats foods more slowly and ensures that they’re cooked all the way through.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
20 May 2026
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The world's oldest continuously operating commercial steam system heats the city's more than 100 downtown buildings.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
20 May 2026
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What is the thing that drives them, pleases them, hurts them?—
Victoria Edel,
PEOPLE,
3 Dec. 2025
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Igor scans the workbench, ultimately choosing a box of candies and mints, a delightfully absurd solution that still pleases his master.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Nov. 2025
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SciAm always educates and delights me, and inspires a sense of awe for our vast, beautiful universe.—
Jesse Greenspan,
Scientific American,
10 Dec. 2025
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Culinary delights like fondue and foie gras cement the mountain region atmosphere.—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
10 Dec. 2025
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Current production satisfies less than one percent of global demand.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
15 June 2026
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The danger is that, in a bid to create a single over-arching platform, Apple creates a product that satisfies neither camp.—
Ewan Spence,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2026
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“Warms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/warms. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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