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as in heating
to cause to have or give off heat to a moderate degree
you'll need to warm the food in the microwave
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as in satisfying
to give satisfaction to
my dance instructor's generous praise warmed my heart
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Recent Examples of warming
Irina Logman, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Scientists used satellite imagery and data to analyze vegetation levels on the Antarctic Peninsula, a long mountain chain that points north to the tip of South America, and which has been warming much faster than the global average.
—Laura Paddison, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
The remote Antarctic Peninsula is undergoing a dramatic transformation due to warming.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2024
The legislation signed by Newsom over the weekend aims at reducing both food waste and the state’s climate-warming emissions.
—Ryan Hogg, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2024
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During this season, warming foods like soups, stews and root vegetables can help to fortify the body and support resilience.
—Irina Logman, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Scientists used satellite imagery and data to analyze vegetation levels on the Antarctic Peninsula, a long mountain chain that points north to the tip of South America, and which has been warming much faster than the global average.
—Laura Paddison, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
The remote Antarctic Peninsula is undergoing a dramatic transformation due to warming.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2024
The legislation signed by Newsom over the weekend aims at reducing both food waste and the state’s climate-warming emissions.
—Ryan Hogg, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for warming
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One idea is that about a million years after the Big Bang, the universe cooled and underwent a phase transition, an event similar to how boiling water turns liquid into gas.Yasemin Saplakoglu, Scientific American, 3 Mar. 2020
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If candy is still stuck on, pour more boiling water over whatever hasn’t come clean.Washington Post, Washington Post, 3 Dec. 2019
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Hydrothermal vents, which were first discovered on Earth in 1977 in the Galapagos Rift, may be scattered across the Europan seafloor too, further heating the water.Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
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This one has five modes and six intensity levels and uses heating to target specific acupuncture points for a thorough massage.Hannah Rice, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2024
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Its high proof gives it enough backbone to stand up to sweet vermouth and bitters, creating a rich, satisfying Manhattan.Emily Price, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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Remember, the key to truly satisfying success lies in not only managing the urgent, but also investing time and energy in what truly matters in the long run.Nell Derick Debevoise, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
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On a sweltering summer day in 1935, Briony becomes entangled in a confusing series of events.Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2024
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Since new laws cannot take effect until 90 days after the legislative session ends, which is itself a fluctuating date, that uncertainty stretched out across Arizona’s sweltering summer.Joan Meiners, The Arizona Republic, 16 Oct. 2024
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Listen to this article CROMWELL — On a broiling hot afternoon at The Travelers Pro Am, Chris Berman pulled on his San Francisco Giants cap to remember Willie Mays, who died Tuesday at age 93.Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 22 June 2024
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In a broiling game where the thermometer topped 100 degrees, the Chargers built a big lead before starter Tobin Rote gave way to the rookie Hadl during mop-up minutes.Bryce MillerColumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Dec. 2022
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At private equity firm TPG, global head of human resources Anna Edwin poised one of the most burning questions for business leaders in thinking through their future talent strategies.Ryan Hogg, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2024
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Social media star Hannah Neeleman and her husband Daniel Neeleman are answering fans' most burning question.Charmaine Patterson, Peoplemag, 30 July 2024
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The Republican and fervent supporter of former president Donald Trump won the Centennial State's third congressional district in 2022 by a wafer thin 546 votes.Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 2 Nov. 2024
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Following are 15 mountain towns in California that offer natural beauty, contemporary amenities, and a solid look at the landscapes that inspired one of nature’s most fervent champions.Chelsee Lowe, Travel + Leisure, 29 Oct. 2024
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This magma then pushed through the cracks in the rocks around it, cooling and crystallizing over millions of years to form Spruce Pine’s bounty of pegmatites—igneous rock that’s chock-full of quartz crystals.Olatunji Osho-Williams, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Oct. 2024
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As the National Academies report explains, carbon-dioxide–rich fluids injected into basalt or peridotite formations (two kinds of igneous rock that make up much of the earth’s mantle) react with the rock, converting the dissolved carbon dioxide into solid carbon-containing minerals.Fred Krupp, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2019
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“Warming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/warming. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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