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cooking

[kook-ing] / ˈkʊk ɪŋ /
NOUN
food preparation
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ADJECTIVE
going on
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Adding grog improves the durability of a vessel and helps it tolerate the intense heat of firing and cooking.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

My cooking philosophy comes from: my grandpa, and living on my own at such an early age.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

The term is less a description of any particular food than a prediction about what happens when the people optimizing a restaurant become increasingly distant from the people cooking in it.

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026

Routine tasks - assigned on a rota 24 hours a day, seven days a week - included cooking, cleaning, ironing, shopping, looking after Brain's young daughter, and walking his dog.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

During the week, Mama would spend much of her day cooking.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson




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