as in kids
to make fun of in a good-natured way
playfully roasting their mother for her choice of hat
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Recent Examples of roasts
Susan Selasky, Freep.com, 19 Dec. 2025
The shop roasts their own beans in house, which makes your latte or specialty coffee drink that much better.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 3 Dec. 2025
The company then freshly roasts the beans in small batches at its Grapevine cafe.
—Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Sep. 2025
This oven air fries, dehydrates, proofs dough, toasts and even slow cooks, has a wide temperature range that roasts up to 30% faster than conventional air fryers.
—Nora Colomer
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Compa Coffee roasts its own coffee.
—Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2025
Babe’s brines and smokes Duroc ham and roasts the pork with Italian seasoning and onions.
—Carlos Frías, Bon Appetit Magazine, 19 Aug. 2025
The shop roasts its beans onsite daily and serves up refreshing treats like smoothies, juices, ice cream, and gelato.
—Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 17 Aug. 2025
Are there more Netflix roasts on the boards?
—Frank Digiacomo, Billboard, 15 Aug. 2025
Joanne Shurvell, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
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Season roasts with pepper and place on prepared wire rack.
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Other roasts include aged sirloin of beef, British half roast chicken and a walnut roast, all with full trimmings.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for roasts
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There’s an adults-only section and a large, warm pool that kids love.—
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Rates for the winter journey to the North Pole start at approximately $42 for adults (and kids ages 12 and over) and just over $31 for children ages two to 11.—
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My family always teases me about it.—
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Now, the doctor is back for the sophomore season after a brief stint in rehab, and Ball, 36, teases that viewers will see a new side of him.—
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The content creator jokes that for her, with each new year, the same old aspirations roll around time and again — though she's never been one for big sweeping resolutions.—
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There are also characters everyone jokes about.—
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Outside of Gillette, fans waited in lines to get into bars at Patriot Place for pregame festivities.—
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Amid all the 2026 Golden Globes festivities, there was one extra sweet TV reunion that didn’t make the broadcast.—
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“Roasts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roasts. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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