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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
Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2025
Outline Interiors There’s no shortage of storage in this River North kitchen, which Outline Interiors designed with the client's love for cooking and entertaining in mind.
—Dan Howarth, Architectural Digest, 17 Mar. 2025
Wilder Davies, Bon Appétit, 12 Mar. 2025
From decorating a honey lemon cake to organizing a celebratory brunch, royal family fans and aspiring cooks alike learned plenty of tips and tricks from the Duchess of Sussex and her guests.
—Jordana Comiter, People.com, 11 Mar. 2025
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Verb
It's created by slowly cooking parts of a cow over low heat until the fat separates from the meat tissue.
—Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2025
Outline Interiors There’s no shortage of storage in this River North kitchen, which Outline Interiors designed with the client's love for cooking and entertaining in mind.
—Dan Howarth, Architectural Digest, 17 Mar. 2025
Noun
With these four tools, a home cook is able to accomplish a large swath of stovetop tasks in the kitchen: pan frying, deep frying, sautéing, boiling, braising, searing, stewing, saucing, melting, tempering, steaming, and the list goes on.
—Wilder Davies, Bon Appétit, 12 Mar. 2025
From decorating a honey lemon cake to organizing a celebratory brunch, royal family fans and aspiring cooks alike learned plenty of tips and tricks from the Duchess of Sussex and her guests.
—Jordana Comiter, People.com, 11 Mar. 2025
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Verb
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The Illusion Of Abundance In A Skewed Market This shift has profoundly distorted the venture deal landscape.—
Joseph Edgar,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025
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In the new court filing, phone records show Mortensen tried calling the other four roommates – but got no response – around the time when security camera from a residence close to the home picked up at 4:17 a.m. distorted audio of voices, a whimper, followed by a loud thud, and a barking dog.—
Lauren del Valle,
CNN,
7 Mar. 2025
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Check below for the winning numbers in Monday’s Powerball drawing, which happened just after 11 p.m. ET.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr.,
USA TODAY,
18 Mar. 2025
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These offer more insight into party members, the consequences of events that happen in the main story, and the general nature of society in New Los Angeles.—
Josh Broadwell,
Rolling Stone,
18 Mar. 2025
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Mozza founder and Ojai Valley Inn culinary ambassador Nancy Silverton was at the Ojai Food + Wine Festival in part to host a dinner with chefs Jonathan Waxman, Evan Funke and Sarah Cicolini of the great Rome restaurant Santo Palato.—
Laurie Ochoa,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Mar. 2025
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At Da Terra in East London, chef Rafael Cagali finishes his signature baba with a tot of aged cachaça from his native Brazil.—
Hilary Armstrong,
Robb Report,
22 Mar. 2025
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The lawsuit, filed by members of the church in October 2024, stems from allegations that Gateway was not transparent with its finances and misrepresented how donations were spent despite generating $100 million in revenue in the past, according to The Christian Post.—
Amy McDaniel,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
17 Mar. 2025
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Practicing Forgiveness—For Your Partner And Yourself Much like gratitude, forgiveness is commonly misrepresented.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes,
15 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Then Sterling did some less effective things and got suspended anyway, so that mad idea was, at least, parked for the time being.—
Amy Lawrence,
The Athletic,
13 Mar. 2025
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Nothing new there for anyone online, conservative politicians and otherwise, to do.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
12 Mar. 2025
Verb
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There was good reason to speculate that Shanahan and the 49ers liked Jones in the run-up to the draft four years ago.—
The Athletic NFL Staff,
The Athletic,
13 Mar. 2025
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During the same two-day period, there were also 10-figure declines in the net worths of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos (-$5.83 billion), LVMH owner Bernard Arnault (-$5.3 billion) Uniqlo CEO Tadashi Yanai (-$1.7 billion), and SAP co-founder Hasso Plattner (-$1.5 billion).—
Karen K. Ho for ARTnews,
Robb Report,
13 Mar. 2025
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“Cook.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cook. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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