as in cuisine
the art or style of preparing food (as in a specified region)
a TV show that teaches viewers the basics of French cooking
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as in misrepresenting
to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of
it turns out the pharmaceutical researcher had cooked her data
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as in happening
to take place
wondered what was cooking when several police cars pulled up to their neighbor's house
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Recent Examples of cooking
Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 22 Oct. 2025
When cooking a simple bowl of rice, adding oil and salt to the cooking water is an easy way to bring indulgence, and, in Cantonese home kitchens, this is often a way to repurpose oil previously used for deep-frying.
—The New York Times News Service Syndicate, Denver Post, 22 Oct. 2025
The New York Times News Service Syndicate, Denver Post, 22 Oct. 2025
X-ray studies show the spray comes in rapid pulses, like a tiny machine gun, generated by a passive valve-and-membrane system that cycles pressure safely without cooking the beetle itself.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Starting at the right temperature means cooking times should be fairly consistent from oven to oven.
—Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 22 Oct. 2025
When cooking a simple bowl of rice, adding oil and salt to the cooking water is an easy way to bring indulgence, and, in Cantonese home kitchens, this is often a way to repurpose oil previously used for deep-frying.
—The New York Times News Service Syndicate, Denver Post, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
When cooking a simple bowl of rice, adding oil and salt to the cooking water is an easy way to bring indulgence, and, in Cantonese home kitchens, this is often a way to repurpose oil previously used for deep-frying.
—The New York Times News Service Syndicate, Denver Post, 22 Oct. 2025
X-ray studies show the spray comes in rapid pulses, like a tiny machine gun, generated by a passive valve-and-membrane system that cycles pressure safely without cooking the beetle itself.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cooking
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Past collaborations have featured Korean chef Peter Cho, Southern cuisine chef Mashama Bailey, Los Angeles duo Jon Shook and Vinny Dotolo, and Singaporean chef Jereme Leung—as well as fan favorite Shake Shack.—
Rachel Chang,
AFAR Media,
24 Oct. 2025
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Classical French cuisine found a new audience across London, Paris, and New York—and once-fusty sauces were something worth naming on the menu again.—
Joel Hart,
Vogue,
23 Oct. 2025
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The settlement alleged that TFG Holding violated state consumer protection laws by misrepresenting the price consumers could expect to pay for products advertised on the company’s websites.—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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Evans also paid a $62,500 fine to the State of Colorado for misrepresenting the hand sanitizer.—
Justin Wingerter,
Denver Post,
23 Oct. 2025
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Even human intelligence will follow, as visual reconnaissance teams view what is happening in other settlements or try to recruit sources who live and work there.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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Just as the trash from a house can reveal, say, whether the inhabitants are vegetarians, metabolites reveal what’s happening inside the body.—
Veronique Greenwood,
Time,
28 Oct. 2025
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Other factors may also be distorting reports of public support for political violence.—
Ryan Kennedy,
The Conversation,
13 Oct. 2025
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Still, another way to view it is that AI is the latest tool in humanity’s long history of shaping and distorting narratives.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
13 Oct. 2025
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Hi hi hello, how is everyone doing this lovely Sunday?—
Rosalind Bowling,
Nashville Tennessean,
26 Oct. 2025
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In Atlanta in 2018, young tight end Austin Hooper learned that Paulsen was also doing scouting reports on tight ends who were upcoming draft prospects for the staff and for his agent.—
Jourdan Rodrigue,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Inflation data from July, August and September specifically are used as benchmarks to help set the COLA for the coming year.—
Steve Kopack,
NBC news,
24 Oct. 2025
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Westintrends Outdoor Folding Adirondack Chair Winter is coming, but this Adirondack chair is built to handle it.—
Mariana Best,
Better Homes & Gardens,
24 Oct. 2025
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Michael Scott Fischer, an assistant professor at the University of Miami who studies rapid intensification, told me that evidence is emerging that rates of rapid intensification are becoming more extreme and that the phenomenon is occurring more frequently.—
Sara Sneath,
The Atlantic,
28 Oct. 2025
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Strong winds are occurring but are not so strong as to warrant a High wind warning.—
KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT,
Kansas City Star,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Cooking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cooking. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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