as in heats
to cause to have or give off heat to a moderate degree
come over and toast your toes by the fire
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Recent Examples of toasts
Brendan Le,
PEOPLE,
18 June 2026
Later still, Mubi and Plan B Entertainment’s Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma—directed by Jane Schoenbrun and starring Hannah Einbinder and Gillian Anderson—toasts its premiere with Up Provence until the early hours of the morning.
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Clara Molot,
Vanity Fair,
13 May 2026
The bagel setting toasts the sliced inside of your bagel without burning the outside.
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Bestreviews,
Mercury News,
7 May 2026
Netflix Sunset Tower The streamer toasts its Oscar nominees, including the teams behind Frankenstein, Train Dreams and KPop Demon Hunters, at the Saturday celebration.
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Kirsten Chuba,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Mar. 2026
As the night ends in the graveyard, the family toasts Ángel with mezcal.
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Rocío Muñoz-Ledo,
CNN Money,
3 Nov. 2025
Today, Olde Colony toasts the benne seeds in industrial ovens before folding them into the dough.
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Gabi De La Rosa,
Southern Living,
17 Aug. 2025
Verb
Former soccer player Tim Howard toasts with Jim Beam at the USSF Soccer House in Venice Beach, California on June 14 to conclude their 'Home Field Advantage' campaign.
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Brendan Le,
PEOPLE,
18 June 2026
Later still, Mubi and Plan B Entertainment’s Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma—directed by Jane Schoenbrun and starring Hannah Einbinder and Gillian Anderson—toasts its premiere with Up Provence until the early hours of the morning.
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Clara Molot,
Vanity Fair,
13 May 2026
The bagel setting toasts the sliced inside of your bagel without burning the outside.
—
Bestreviews,
Mercury News,
7 May 2026
Netflix Sunset Tower The streamer toasts its Oscar nominees, including the teams behind Frankenstein, Train Dreams and KPop Demon Hunters, at the Saturday celebration.
—
Kirsten Chuba,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Mar. 2026
As the night ends in the graveyard, the family toasts Ángel with mezcal.
—
Rocío Muñoz-Ledo,
CNN Money,
3 Nov. 2025
Today, Olde Colony toasts the benne seeds in industrial ovens before folding them into the dough.
—
Gabi De La Rosa,
Southern Living,
17 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for toasts
Verb
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But understand this, that this industry is the linchpin of what heats in our homes and how the lights stay on.
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This spa inflates within minutes and heats quickly as well.
Noun
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Would her child be buried in a separate part of the cemetery without the appropriate eulogies?
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Mourners thronged a vast prayer complex in Tehran on Saturday as the week-long funeral ceremonies of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei began with the national anthem, religious eulogies and readings from the Koran.
Noun
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My mom is the kind of person who constantly receives compliments from strangers.
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Comparisons to Captain Marvel, Guardians of the Galaxy, the 1984 Supergirl, and even recent Superman adaptations are used as measuring sticks rather than compliments.
Noun
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Liberty Station began its celebration of the nation’s anniversary in January and is presenting a series of tributes and community experiences throughout the year, including a public art installation honoring the Navy.
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In the comments of her final posts, fans shared tributes to the late star.
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In Italy, academics like Ettore Romagnoli organized an authoritarian spectacle to celebrate two millennia of Horace, the priest Vittorio Genovesi wrote encomiums to Italian imperial ambitions in Rome’s Mare Nostrum, and the Latinist Luigi Illuminati who penned an epic dedicated to Il Duce.
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Most of WristbandGuy’s, by contrast, were cheeky encomiums to the pleasures of jacking off with your friends.
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“Toasts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/toasts. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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