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microwave

[mahy-kroh-wayv] / ˈmaɪ kroʊˌweɪv /
VERB
cook
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Although cosmic expansion and the microwave background have been studied extensively, measurements of primordial helium have historically received less attention.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 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

Sea ice emits more microwave energy than liquid water, producing a recognizable contrast in satellite observations.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026

This is basic life stuff, like don’t put metal in the microwave and don’t ever ask anyone at work about their fantasy football team.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

I was pretty sure Calista knew that, because she’d set the timer on the microwave herself.

From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff

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

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

An important advantage of this approach is that microwaves can pass through clouds.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

Some have claimed the illness is caused by microwaves, prompting further speculation that a foreign power may have used some kind of sonar weapon to attack US overseas staff and their dependants.

From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026

The action in Iran has also underscored that drones are delivering a new economics of warfare, which demands cheap cruise missiles, high-power microwaves for drone defense, reusable interceptors on ships.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026

I'm lying on my bed, microwaves burning up my brain, running up a killer phone bill.

From "Things Not Seen" by Andrew Clements

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

Its body temperature could’ve microwaved a frozen burrito.

From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan

And there are darker sides to being viral: Some users on social media talked about microwaving NeeDohs to make them more pliable.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026

"He had tried to survive by microwaving frozen chicken nuggets and chips."

From BBC ● Mar. 3, 2026

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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