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verb

past tense of bake

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for baked
Adjective
  • Eventually, baseball—the sport of sunbaked afternoons, a sport made beautiful and strange by its exposure to the elements—may be unrecognizable.
    Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 2 Nov. 2024
  • By mid-morning, the sunbaked terrace is flooded with tourists and townspeople drinking palest rosé before lunch service begins in earnest.
    Sarah James, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Aug. 2024
Adjective
  • The combination of ferocious winds and a parched landscape created ideal conditions for the fast-moving fires that have consumed large swaths of Los Angeles this week.
    Adiel Kaplan, NBC News, 15 Jan. 2025
  • In this case, extremely wet conditions are followed almost immediately by parched weather patterns, typically accompanied by above average temperatures.
    Andrew Freedman, Axios, 12 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • And bone-dry vegetation means a new fire could ignite and any moment.
    Brandon Miller, CNN, 23 Jan. 2025
  • The rain should help alleviate the bone-dry conditions that have helped spread multiple wildfires across the region this month.
    Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • The controversy ignited when Al-Shaair delivered a late, hard hit on Lawrence while the quarterback slid on a second-quarter play in the Texans’ Week 13 win over the Jags.
    Rebecca Tauber, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
  • The Commanders' 30-24 overtime victory over the Falcons, led by Daniels' stellar performance, secured their spot in the postseason and ignited further dialogue about their controversial branding history.
    George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • People with open skin lesions, inflamed acne or skin, raised scars, skin cancer, and rosacea should avoid dermaplanning.
    Carley Millhone, Health, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Pink eye is what occurs when the thin membrane that lines the white of the eye and the eyelid becomes infected and inflamed.
    Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 26 Dec. 2024
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“Baked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/baked. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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