microwave oven
Example Sentences
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And middlemen who deal in goods from Asian factories aren’t always willing to disclose what it really costs to make a sofa or microwave oven.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 28, 2026
"These are electromagnetic rays in the range of around one hundred to several thousand gigahertz, comparable to the radiation of a cell phone or a microwave oven -- but with a significantly higher frequency."
From Science Daily • Mar. 18, 2024
Before bed beckons Saturday night, rewind the clock on the microwave, oven, car, or any other device not yet clever enough to make the leap on its own.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 2, 2023
"We went straight to the microwave oven," Falcon said.
From Salon • Feb. 2, 2023
He was a lovely cook, and when he went home at four, he would leave me supper to heat up in the microwave oven, a device that was new to me.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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