microwave

As some critics have pointed out, many AI users are making cat GIFs, which uses the equivalent amount of energy as running a microwave for an hour.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

Reducing the need for those microwave connections could therefore address two challenges at once: the enormous hardware requirements of large quantum computers and the unwanted noise that cables can introduce into quantum systems.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026

When you first step into South Hall, to your immediate right is “the bubble”—a barred enclosure fitted with chairs, a desk, a telephone, and a microwave.

From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026

He said the facility’s staff does not clean the floors, dining tables or the microwave.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026

When the microwave beeps, he brings the hot chocolate over to the bar and sets the cookies in front of me.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko

Some have claimed the illness is caused by microwaves, prompting further speculation that a foreign power may have used some kind of sonar weapon to attack US overseas staff and their dependants.

From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026

Terahertz radiation sits between microwaves and infrared light on the electromagnetic spectrum.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 17, 2026

So ubiquitous are highly processed, highly palatable victuals for children that microwaves are now fitted with special settings to heat them up.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026

Some of the carriages contain charging stations, as well as microwaves and access to satellite internet, according to the Ukrainian government.

From Barron's ● Jan. 22, 2026

Emma microwaves the pasta while I arrange veggies on paper plates.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

Inside an Omaha test kitchen, executives at Conagra recently huddled over plastic trays of microwaved eggs, potatoes and sausage.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

On New Year’s Eve, Amanda and I celebrated with nobody else, but watched the live feed from Times Square, while eating microwaved burritos in bed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2025

"We went and took snow from the backyard and we microwaved it and it's clear. Is this bad?"

From Salon ● Jan. 22, 2024

Kantar found there were 4% fewer meals made using an oven in the 12 weeks to 11 June versus the same period last year, while microwaved meals rose 8%.

From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2023

Zeke microwaved corn dogs and fries and served them.

From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness

“You’re going to hear Make America Healthy Again moms talking about it, while also environmental activists talking about it—and I guarantee your relatives are increasingly worried about microwaving their plastic,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 18, 2026

The stereotypical bachelor computer programmer also enjoys having free restaurants to eat at, rather than sadly microwaving a burrito at home for dinner.

From Salon ● Jan. 17, 2025

The punishing heat wave microwaving Southern California is expected to bring triple-digit temperatures to much of the region for the next few days.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2024

This android — one of two nameless leads in the Oscar-nominated charmer “Robot Dreams” — envisions a small, lonely dog in his third-floor walk-up, microwaving a depressing dinner for one.

From New York Times ● May 30, 2024

Nearly everything in the store required microwaving or oven heating or scrupulous refrigeration or came in large, family-sized quantities.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson