bake
verb (used with object)
to cook by dry heat in an oven or on heated metal or stones.
had baked
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past perfectof bake.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Otherwise, “revised timelines, unit costs and sustaining capex are largely in line to conservative assumptions we had baked in our model,” he says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
The industry didn’t have to keep shelling out money to further this viewpoint—it had baked it into the way the field had evolved.
From Slate ● Apr. 23, 2023
“It’s a really complex issue that I’m no expert at,” Morgan said as he distributed to migrants a batch of about 100 sweets he had baked with Sam’s Club cookie mix.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 24, 2022
She also had baked Easter bread and prepared foods to put in a basket to be blessed at the church.
From New York Times ● Apr. 23, 2022
The sun had baked everything to perfection; even the gooseberries on the fence had fried to raisins.
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
