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microwave

[mahy-kroh-weyv] / ˈmaɪ kroʊˌweɪv /
VERB
cook
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One of the most powerful tools comes from the cosmic microwave background, or CMB.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026

In one silent detail, Winter puts his laptop in the microwave, planning to destroy his cravings before he types the wrong thing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

Another asked Wynn to microwave her daughter’s lunch every day because she wouldn’t eat cold food.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

As some critics have pointed out, many AI users are making cat GIFs, which uses the equivalent amount of energy as running a microwave for an hour.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

“It can’t hurt that bad,” Jenna said, taking the chips with melted cheese out of the microwave.

From "Keep It Together, Keiko Carter" by Debbi Michiko Florence

"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

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

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions provides technologies that can disable drones with microwaves.

From Barron's ● Mar. 4, 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

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

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

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 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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