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microwave

[mahy-kroh-weyv] / ˈmaɪ kroʊˌweɪv /
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cook
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When you first step into South Hall, to your immediate right is “the bubble”—a barred enclosure fitted with chairs, a desk, a telephone, and a microwave.

From Slate Aug. 11, 2026

He said the facility’s staff does not clean the floors, dining tables or the microwave.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 1, 2026

Across the experiments and simulations, microwave frying caused moisture to leave the potatoes more quickly.

From Science Daily Jul. 29, 2026

Gaofen 3 uses 'synthetic aperture radar,' or SAR, which emits microwave pulses to gather data, capturing imagery at any time of day or night, regardless of cloud cover.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

I set the plate in the microwave again.

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

The frequency is similar to that of microwaves.

From BBC Jun. 25, 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

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

From Science Daily Mar. 17, 2026

Some of the carriages contain charging stations, as well as microwaves and access to satellite internet, according to the Ukrainian government.

From Barron's Jan. 22, 2026

Gamow calculated that by the time it crossed the vastness of the cosmos, the radiation would reach Earth in the form of microwaves.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

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

It was like being "microwaved", he tells the BBC film, as his body was exposed to the raw power of a nuclear weapon.

From BBC Nov. 17, 2024

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

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

From BBC Nov. 21, 2025

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 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

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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