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
Freda Moon, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
At one point in the night, guests joined in a special toast to the newlyweds.
—Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024
The show ended with the crew sharing a champagne toast with the hosts.
—Lynette Rice, Deadline, 20 Dec. 2024
Round after round, Burjanadze urges us to toast family, ancestors, mother nature, and world peace, as platters of roast pork shashlik and meat dumplings called khinkali are brought out.
—Kurt Johnson, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Dec. 2024
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Get a breakfast sandwich (on brioche with bacon and chipotle aioli with a side of homestyle potatoes, $19), dulce de leche French toast ($17.50), or bagels and pastries supplied by Townie Bagels, a local favorite.
—Freda Moon, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
At one point in the night, guests joined in a special toast to the newlyweds.
—Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024
The show ended with the crew sharing a champagne toast with the hosts.
—Lynette Rice, Deadline, 20 Dec. 2024
Round after round, Burjanadze urges us to toast family, ancestors, mother nature, and world peace, as platters of roast pork shashlik and meat dumplings called khinkali are brought out.
—Kurt Johnson, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Dec. 2024
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De-icing fluid is heated to 140 degrees to remove frost, snow and ice from the wings and other critical surfaces, while anti-icing fluid prevents ice from forming.Joel Rose, NPR, 8 Jan. 2025
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Trays of hot foods can be kept in the oven or heated using warming trays, chafing dishes or slow cookers.Fernanda Galan, Sacramento Bee, 7 Jan. 2025
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Following the death of Sam Moore, many of the artists inspired by the Sam and Dave singer turned to social media to pay tribute to the soul legend.Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 11 Jan. 2025
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Jon Bon Jovi, who collaborated with the musician on his 2006 solo album, Overnight Sensational, paid tribute to Moore on Facebook.Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 11 Jan. 2025
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Research published in October by experts at the University of California Merced showed that California takes about three months longer to recover from drought due to a warming planet.Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
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Some places are warming with more ferocity than expected.Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2025
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President Joe Biden will deliver a eulogy and President-elect Donald Trump is expected to attend.Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 3 Jan. 2025
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Creating ‘a real partnership’ In the eulogy, Mondale recalled the origin of this unusual alliance.Peter Baker, Twin Cities, 30 Dec. 2024
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Got thoughts, questions, ideas, concerns, compliments or maybe even some recs for me?Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 4 Jan. 2025
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This was largely due to the addition of far more glass bottles, compliments of much more at-home drinking!Simon Mainwaring, Forbes, 2 Jan. 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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Corona will win the Southern Section Division 1 baseball championship, with Seth Hernandez earning praise as the Shohei Ohtani of high school baseball.Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2025
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Aaron Brown, an anchor who earned widespread praise for incisive reporting and calm demeanor during CNN‘s coverage of 9/11, has died.Ted Johnson, Deadline, 31 Dec. 2024
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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 19 Jan. 2025.
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