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
Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 6 Feb. 2025
Do not skip the rich, crispy schmaltz toasts, which take this dip up a level.
—Saveur Editors, Saveur, 5 Feb. 2025
This meal pairs well with high-protein toast and high-protein grains like quinoa, which can bump the protein to about 20 grams.
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—Johna Burdeos, Health, 3 Feb. 2025
After a toast, Grant pulled Chloie aside for another moment alone to share a bottle of champagne.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 3 Feb. 2025
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Noun
Priced at $130 per couple (excluding tax and gratuity), the meal includes a complimentary sparkling wine toast and begins with a Tabla Mixta (tortilla, manchego, Serrano ham, chorizo, walnuts, and olive), followed up with selections including croquetas de jamón, montaditos and carpaccio de salmón.
—Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 6 Feb. 2025
Do not skip the rich, crispy schmaltz toasts, which take this dip up a level.
—Saveur Editors, Saveur, 5 Feb. 2025
This meal pairs well with high-protein toast and high-protein grains like quinoa, which can bump the protein to about 20 grams.
19.
—Johna Burdeos, Health, 3 Feb. 2025
After a toast, Grant pulled Chloie aside for another moment alone to share a bottle of champagne.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 3 Feb. 2025
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Verb
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Non-ionizing radiation, such as visible light or microwaves, might heat things up but is considered relatively safe.—
Dhruv Khullar,
The New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2025
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Coconut oil has a high smoke point (the temperature at which an oil or fat begins to produce smoke) and melts when heated.—
Chelsea Rae Bourgeois, RDN, LD,
Health,
4 Feb. 2025
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Molly Shannon Gets Back in Costume as Sally O'Malley (and Does the Kicking and Stretching) 10 hr 24 min ago Molly Shannon helped Emma Stone pay tribute to the history of physical comedy on the series by getting into costume as her beloved Sally O'Malley.—
Lindsay Kimble,
People.com,
17 Feb. 2025
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Martin went on to pay tribute to SNL’s writers—who the cameras captured standing outside in the rain.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
17 Feb. 2025
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More ducks are opting against migration due to evolution and natural selection — and there's an association with warming winters caused by climate change, Dale Gentry, director of conservation for Audubon Upper Mississippi River, told Axios.—
Nick Halter,
Axios,
11 Feb. 2025
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This sort of community solidarity is essential in a warming planet where these sorts of environmental disasters are going to become more common, especially in parts of the world that lack resources or whose governments are not interested in providing them.—
Kristin Deasy,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2025
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Among tributes paid were eulogies written by former President Gerald R. Ford who died in 2006, read by his son Steve and another written by Walter Mondale, who served as Carter's vice president, also written before his death was delivered by his son, Ted.—
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy,
USA TODAY,
10 Jan. 2025
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The Washington Post: Making good on a mutual promise between Carter and former President Ford to eulogize one another, Ford’s son read his father’s eulogy for Carter on Thursday.—
Alexis Simendinger,
The Hill,
10 Jan. 2025
Noun
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There are times, in professional settings, when a compliment on it might work out.—
R. Eric Thomas,
The Denver Post,
9 Feb. 2025
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An idea that comes out of left field is unexpected, if not unwelcome, and a left-handed compliment tends to hurt.—
Megan Marshall,
The New Yorker,
8 Feb. 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
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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
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The performer has repeatedly voiced praise for Hitler in the past, including in a 2022 interview with conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
7 Feb. 2025
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That's high praise mere hours after Antonio Gates was voted into the Hall of Fame.—
Ryan Morik,
Fox News,
7 Feb. 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 21 Feb. 2025.
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