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microwave

[mahy-kroh-wayv] / ˈmaɪ kroʊˌweɪv /
VERB
cook
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By correcting a key source of errors, the researchers have demonstrated a promising approach for operating more qubits through shared microwave control lines.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026

The journey began in 1997 with Sojourner, a small rover roughly the size of a microwave oven.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026

Synthetic aperture radar sends microwave signals toward Earth's surface, allowing satellites to collect measurements even when clouds obscure the ground.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026

Everyday actions generate billions of these nanoparticles, Yan noted, from washing a load of laundry to reheating a dish in the microwave.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

Later that evening I heat up two big bowls of chicken soup in the microwave and Charlie reads a sports magazine at the dinner table.

From "Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish" by Pablo Cartaya

It also showed them lighting paper in microwaves in the cell block kitchens.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

"RoSPA urges parents and carers to talk to children about the dangers of copying online trends and to reinforce that microwaves are not toys," she said.

From BBC ● May 4, 2026

Because microwaves generate heat throughout the food, they promote vapor formation and help maintain internal pressure that keeps oil from being absorbed as easily.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 2, 2026

Either electrical current from divertors or from microwaves ionizes the gas, igniting an electrically charged plasma ring.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 28, 2026

Rotating slowly in eternal sunshine, Libra would have abundant solar energy, so much, in fact, that some could be converted into microwaves and beamed back to earth.

From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins

Inside an Omaha test kitchen, executives at Conagra recently huddled over plastic trays of microwaved eggs, potatoes and sausage.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

A home carer unintentionally fed an elderly woman microwaved dog food, an investigation has found.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

On New Year’s Eve, Amanda and I celebrated with nobody else, but watched the live feed from Times Square, while eating microwaved burritos in bed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2025

Despite the fact that I started cooking the roasted ones before the microwaved version, the latter were not only done first, they were nicely cool before the roasted ones were ready.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 19, 2023

All three of us had paper plates with microwaved corn dogs and big piles of ketchup and mustard.

From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña

“You’re going to hear Make America Healthy Again moms talking about it, while also environmental activists talking about it—and I guarantee your relatives are increasingly worried about microwaving their plastic,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 18, 2026

The stereotypical bachelor computer programmer also enjoys having free restaurants to eat at, rather than sadly microwaving a burrito at home for dinner.

From Salon ● Jan. 17, 2025

The sterilizing process isn’t that different from microwaving a frozen dinner.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 2024

The anonymous author of the statement could not resist adding, “The U.S. Embassy will continue to make tea in the proper way — by microwaving it.”

From New York Times ● Jan. 24, 2024

Nearly everything in the store required microwaving or oven heating or scrupulous refrigeration or came in large, family-sized quantities.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson


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