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
Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
april 3, Sacbee.com, 3 Apr. 2026
Pictured here is an example of blue and white zellige tile that adds a peppy touch to this cooking area.
—Sarah Lyon, The Spruce, 2 Apr. 2026
Tara Duggan, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Apr. 2026
My family helps me by cooking, making sure the foods are easy on my stomach, getting me outside.
—Wendy Grossman Kantor, PEOPLE, 2 Apr. 2026
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Noun
Old food debris was found on the floor beneath the cooking equipment.
—Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
april 3, Sacbee.com, 3 Apr. 2026
Pictured here is an example of blue and white zellige tile that adds a peppy touch to this cooking area.
—Sarah Lyon, The Spruce, 2 Apr. 2026
Verb
Then, interest in legumes exploded with everyone stuck cooking at home, leading to the creation of several new specialty bean companies, many of which explored subscription models.
—Tara Duggan, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Apr. 2026
My family helps me by cooking, making sure the foods are easy on my stomach, getting me outside.
—Wendy Grossman Kantor, PEOPLE, 2 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cooking
Noun
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Across most cultures and cuisines, bread remains a daily staple.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2026
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As the imperial capital for over 1,000 years, the city was a magnet for wealth and culture, and that rich history remains alive today in traditions like kaiseki cuisine, Kyo-ware ceramics, Yuzen silk dyeing, sake brewing, and classical drama forms like Kabuki and Noh (a type of theatrical dance).—
Jessica Kozuka,
Travel + Leisure,
3 Apr. 2026
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Husted accused Schumer of misrepresenting how the mail-in ballot process would work.—
Caitlin Yilek,
CBS News,
26 Mar. 2026
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The attorneys accuse the comptroller of violating client-attorney trust and misrepresenting the attorneys’ work to the public.—
Aarón Torres,
Dallas Morning News,
26 Mar. 2026
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More open conversations about menopause and the period leading up to it — called perimenopause — are happening at the same time that marketing has been supercharged by social media.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 Apr. 2026
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Not enough actual deportations were happening.—
Antonia Hitchens,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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The front has square glass block masonry on the lower half, which lets light in while reducing what's visible outside by distorting the view.—
Stefan Ionescu
March 30,
New Atlas,
30 Mar. 2026
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Kyle is just outing herself as a gossip and is distorting what everyone has to say to try to one-up Dorit in her own life.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
27 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Pretty soon people realized that some women had actually always been out there doing things.—
Stephen Schaefer,
Boston Herald,
5 Apr. 2026
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Add into the mix consistent hand-washing, doing the dishes with harsh soaps, and something as mundane as getting gel nail polish cured with a UV light?—
Reece Andavolgyi,
InStyle,
4 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Those are fighting words, and, in the coming days, the Pope can counter them as much through symbolic acts as through words of peace.—
Paul Elie,
New Yorker,
4 Apr. 2026
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Harrison, who declined to discuss his friend’s personal life, had a T-shirt made for Friday night’s vigil in Metayer’s honor at Coral Springs City Hall, one of several planned around South Florida in the coming days.—
Amanda Rosa,
Miami Herald,
4 Apr. 2026
Verb
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These are not naturally occurring like land and labor.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
29 Mar. 2026
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Beneath it all, naturally occurring glacial ice a mile deep sparkles like a cache of diamonds.—
Laura Dannen Redman,
Robb Report,
29 Mar. 2026
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“Cooking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cooking. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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