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cooking

[kook-ing] / ˈkʊk ɪŋ /
NOUN
food preparation
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ADJECTIVE
going on
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Cooking one more night a week could result in you having a bit more wiggle room in your “fun” budget.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 27, 2026

Cook, a polyglot who can speak six languages, has also been well served by nominative determinism: She is the founder and CEO of the Cook School Cooking School.

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026

Cooking has become difficult, she says, because rain has made the ground wet and rats move through the debris.

From BBC • Feb. 2, 2026

Cooking is slow not for romance, but because it has to be.

From Salon • Jan. 24, 2026

Cooking a good veg-etarian dinner takes a lot more thought and work.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan




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