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
Leigh Nordstrom, Footwear News, 21 May 2025
At some point, the warm body next to me would disappear and plates full of scrambled eggs, ripe avocado, buttered toast, and strips of crisp bacon would appear on the table next to my bed.
—Hali Bey Ramdene, Bon Appetit Magazine, 19 May 2025
Some of You Say Tomato’s past menu items include the French toast breakfast casserole and buttermilk biscuits.
—Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 14 May 2025
The entrepreneur and onetime majority owner of the Dallas Mavericks, 66, gave a special toast to fellow sharks and fans in his final episode May 16 (now streaming on Hulu).
—Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 18 May 2025
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Noun
Shortly after, the xylophone chimes alerted the room to head for the industrial elevators and upstairs to where dinner, toasts — and a surprise TLC performance — awaited.
—Leigh Nordstrom, Footwear News, 21 May 2025
At some point, the warm body next to me would disappear and plates full of scrambled eggs, ripe avocado, buttered toast, and strips of crisp bacon would appear on the table next to my bed.
—Hali Bey Ramdene, Bon Appetit Magazine, 19 May 2025
Some of You Say Tomato’s past menu items include the French toast breakfast casserole and buttermilk biscuits.
—Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 14 May 2025
The entrepreneur and onetime majority owner of the Dallas Mavericks, 66, gave a special toast to fellow sharks and fans in his final episode May 16 (now streaming on Hulu).
—Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 18 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for toast
Verb
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This space is fully air-conditioned and heated, and is attached to the main house.—
TJ Macias,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
27 May 2025
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Raw milk and cheese Pasteurization kills bacteria and viruses in dairy products by heating them to 161 degrees Farenheit.—
Gretchen Eichenberg,
FOXNews.com,
27 May 2025
Noun
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Hoda Kotb, Savannah Guthrie, Jenna Bush Hager pay tribute to Uche Ojeh Over 20,000 comments have been left on Jones' post.—
Jay Stahl,
USA Today,
25 May 2025
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Where to watch Collateral: Paramount+ 'Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning' review: Tom Cruise's latest is baffling and awesome Tom Cruise pays tribute to late Val Kilmer's 'Top Gun' performance 10.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
24 May 2025
Verb
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As the climate warms and tick populations proliferate, there’s a good chance that in many parts of the U.S., you’ll get intimately acquainted with one this summer.—
Angela Haupt,
Time,
30 May 2025
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But Barrack's visit and the raising of the flag were a significant signal of warming relations.—
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
30 May 2025
Noun
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Barring a truly miraculous comeback, there’s going to be plenty of time to get into the full eulogy of this team — of this core group — next week when this series is over.—
James Mirtle,
New York Times,
15 May 2025
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Mourners would walk alongside the body and celebrate the departed's life with odes, art, eulogies, and tears.—
Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott,
Southern Living,
10 May 2025
Noun
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Often my friends share the news like the tattoo is some sort of accomplishment and, if the young adult is present, will summon them over to show off the new ink to (presumably) collect compliments.—
Judith Martin,
Mercury News,
27 May 2025
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The reigning rookie of the year's injury comes just after Clark received a major compliment from NBA superstar LeBron James.—
Natasha Dye,
People.com,
26 May 2025
Noun
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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
Noun
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Preacher Lawson - Season 12 Preacher Lawson is a comedian whose energetic and relatable stand-up routines earned him high praise from the judges, with Mandel likening him to comedy legends like Richard Pryor and Eddie Murphy.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
27 May 2025
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Tsotsi was a huge hit with critics, with praise especially for Chweneyagae’s performance.—
Abid Rahman,
HollywoodReporter,
27 May 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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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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“Toast.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/toast. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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