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microwave

[mahy-kroh-wayv] / ˈmaɪ kroʊˌweɪv /
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cook
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When Mo Mahir, 22, from West Bromwich, was nine years old, he "found a video of a guy making a mug cake in a microwave", which he said ignited his passion for baking.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

The first light able to travel freely from that moment on is what we now observe as the cosmic microwave background.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026

One is indirect, based on predictions of our cosmological model tuned to match the patterns in the cosmic microwave background, the faint afterglow of the Big Bang.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026

It cited a statement in a Scalia opinion to the effect that a 19th-century statute prohibiting the theft of goods would apply to the theft of microwave ovens.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

I’d been shocked to learn that she’d never seen a plasma ball in the microwave, so I wanted to surprise her with my grape experiment—with Mom supervising, of course—before we focused on our science vlog.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

There are other options for space solar, with solar panels in space beaming microwaves External link to a receiver.

From Barron's ● Apr. 27, 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

Terahertz radiation sits between microwaves and infrared light on the electromagnetic spectrum.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 17, 2026

Wood said he tends to focus on electrical equipment - such as microwaves and kettles - as well as fixing laptops and has repaired around 50 appliances so far.

From BBC ● Jan. 20, 2026

It involved an invention known as the cavity magnetron, a source of high-powered microwaves.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

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

Maybe it’s the way they suck at their teeth after eating microwaved fish at their desk, or just the emails that have too few exclamation points or a few too many.

From Salon ● Apr. 1, 2025

They were already eating, the smell of microwaved sausage and fried eggs coating the apartment, when Doreen walked in, carrying three bags of groceries.

From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss

“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

Rangers defender Kirk Broadfoot was taken to hospital after an egg he was microwaving exploded in his face.

From BBC ● Nov. 21, 2025

The punishing heat wave microwaving Southern California is expected to bring triple-digit temperatures to much of the region for the next few days.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 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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