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Recent Examples of overheated
Michael Santoli, CNBC, 21 Dec. 2024
This period culminates in widespread FOMO (fear of missing out), driving the entire crypto market into an overheated state.
—Marie Poteriaieva, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
In the old days, before committees and postseason tournaments, the heated — and overheated — debate in college football was about who was No. 1.
—Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 7 Dec. 2024
Shippers don’t want to take them, however, because of their disturbing tendency to burst into flames when punctured, crushed, or overheated.
—Vince Beiser, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024
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Adjective
Yet in a few respects, a bit of wobbly action in the indexes, surge in volatility and reversals in some of the more overheated assets were overdue and probably necessary to test the bull market against higher bond yields and a more-foggy policy horizon.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 21 Dec. 2024
This period culminates in widespread FOMO (fear of missing out), driving the entire crypto market into an overheated state.
—Marie Poteriaieva, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
In the old days, before committees and postseason tournaments, the heated — and overheated — debate in college football was about who was No. 1.
—Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 7 Dec. 2024
Shippers don’t want to take them, however, because of their disturbing tendency to burst into flames when punctured, crushed, or overheated.
—Vince Beiser, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024
See all Example Sentences for overheated
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overheated
Adjective
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Outdoors, a heated in-ground swimming pool, a lounge area, and a barbecue station are positioned around a landscaped lot that’s just shy of an acre.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
22 Jan. 2025
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Each offer multiple dining options, robust spa services, and heated pools.—
Brad Japhe,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Shore likes to use Canadian bacon for recipes that call for subtle smoke, where the lean meat is rolled or layered with a richer substance like béchamel or hollandaise and gently warmed.—
Stacey Lastoe,
Southern Living,
25 Dec. 2024
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Water vapor helps trap heat and could also have warmed the planet.—
Lauren Sommer,
NPR,
24 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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These large pockets of molten material rise through the Earth from deep inside its interior, much like the movement in a lava lamp.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
23 Jan. 2025
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Their research suggested that a Mars-size object crashed into the early Earth, jettisoning molten material into space.—
Francis Nimmo,
JSTOR Daily,
9 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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This magma then pushed through the cracks in the rocks around it, cooling and crystallizing over millions of years to form Spruce Pine’s bounty of pegmatites—igneous rock that’s chock-full of quartz crystals.—
Olatunji Osho-Williams,
Smithsonian Magazine,
3 Oct. 2024
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As the National Academies report explains, carbon-dioxide–rich fluids injected into basalt or peridotite formations (two kinds of igneous rock that make up much of the earth’s mantle) react with the rock, converting the dissolved carbon dioxide into solid carbon-containing minerals.—
Fred Krupp,
Foreign Affairs,
12 Feb. 2019
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“Overheated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overheated. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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