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as in to distort
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 to happen
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 cook
Mel Buer, The Mercury News, 15 Jan. 2025
Think 180 opulent villas, world-class spa treatments, and immersive culinary experiences like cooking in the Sensory Herb Gardens.
—Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 5 Jan. 2025
Hannah Poukish, Sacramento Bee, 10 Jan. 2025
My slightly smaller chicken thighs were finished precisely at 30 minutes, but thicker breasts may go a little longer into that cook range.
—Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 9 Jan. 2025
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Verb
The smell of coffee and conchas at one food cart — and food cooked on a plancha at another — mingled with the lingering acrid smoke of the smoldering remains of the surrounding neighborhood.
—Mel Buer, The Mercury News, 15 Jan. 2025
Think 180 opulent villas, world-class spa treatments, and immersive culinary experiences like cooking in the Sensory Herb Gardens.
—Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 5 Jan. 2025
Noun
Two employees were seen eating food off of plates on the cook line.
—Hannah Poukish, Sacramento Bee, 10 Jan. 2025
My slightly smaller chicken thighs were finished precisely at 30 minutes, but thicker breasts may go a little longer into that cook range.
—Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 9 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cook
Verb
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Those contracts are known as production assistance agreements, and the claim references – but also distorts – both the regulations that govern them and two news stories about celebrities whose agreements were approved.—
Joedy McCreary,
USA TODAY,
9 Jan. 2025
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The Klan distorted the use of undercover operatives and informants, much as some Trump supporters have over Jan. 6.—
Brittany Friedman / Made by History,
TIME,
6 Jan. 2025
Verb
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While the show follows the Howey novels fairly closely, things develop differently; genders are flipped, and deaths happen in different ways.—
Barry Levitt,
TIME,
17 Jan. 2025
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Because of the loss, the first two goals wouldn’t happen.—
Cameron Teague Robinson,
The Athletic,
17 Jan. 2025
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The company is run by a husband-and-wife team of chefs who met when Xavier Meers came from Belgium to open a restaurant in Richmond.—
Melissa Locker,
Southern Living,
21 Jan. 2025
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The chef’s kitchen and formal dining room sit alongside one another beneath a backlit wooden ceiling.—
Demetrius Simms,
Robb Report,
20 Jan. 2025
Verb
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The company will also be banned from misrepresenting loot box odds, prices, and features, and will need to allow users to buy them with money instead of in-game virtual currency.—
Will McCurdy,
PCMAG,
18 Jan. 2025
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Blake Lively was either severely misled by her team or intentionally and knowingly misrepresented the truth.—
Jack Smart,
People.com,
17 Jan. 2025
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Advertisement According to Amika Mota, who worked as a firefighter in California’s Chowchilla prison before her release in 2015, during major fires prisoners do a lot of preventive and protective work, like clearing brush or cutting gaps in the vegetation to slow the spread of flames.—
Keri Blakinger,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Jan. 2025
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Amid the devastating ongoing Palisades Fire, actor Sebastian Harrison did everything possible to escape.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
People.com,
11 Jan. 2025
Verb
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But there is another hero of the epic aerial firefight that doesn’t get much applause: the Encino Reservoir.—
Shelby Grad,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Jan. 2025
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There are currently 417,000 Floridians receiving WIC benefits each month, according to the Florida Department of Health.—
Michael Cuglietta,
Orlando Sentinel,
11 Jan. 2025
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“Cook.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cook. Accessed 26 Jan. 2025.
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