hot take
noun
: a quickly produced, strongly worded, and often deliberately provocative or sensational opinion or reaction (as in response to current news)
… it's unsurprising that many of the pundits quickest to share their latest hot take about Clinton's failure as a candidate … are men …—
Joshua Zeitz
Joshua ZeitzRash action and having "a hot take" are the coin of the realm now, not methodical deliberation and rational consideration.—Vahe Gregorian
Vahe GregorianYeah, there's always more than two sides to sports labor disagreements. But that didn't stop the very many hot takes over the last few days, reacting to this winter's free agency.—Barry Rozner
Barry RoznerExamples of hot take in a Sentence
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However, my hot take is that the Blue Jays will be a bigger threat than last year, led by Vladimir Guerrero Jr., who will be a top MVP candidate.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 23 Mar. 2025
Stephen Colbert went live on CBS’ Late Show Tuesday night, sharing his hot take on President Donald Trump‘s primetime address to a joint session of Congress earlier that night.
—Hilary Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Mar. 2025
Social media was a hive of activity when the story broke, with people online creating memes and sharing hot takes about the Khabib Nurmagomedov plane incident.
—Callum Booth, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
Are Very Serious' What Queen Camilla Aides Really Think of Harry and Meghan Bombshells
Peter's TikTok hot take was liked more than 7k times and viewed almost 90k times.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 2025
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Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 23 Mar. 2025
Stephen Colbert went live on CBS’ Late Show Tuesday night, sharing his hot take on President Donald Trump‘s primetime address to a joint session of Congress earlier that night.
—Hilary Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Mar. 2025
Social media was a hive of activity when the story broke, with people online creating memes and sharing hot takes about the Khabib Nurmagomedov plane incident.
—Callum Booth, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
Are Very Serious' What Queen Camilla Aides Really Think of Harry and Meghan Bombshells
Peter's TikTok hot take was liked more than 7k times and viewed almost 90k times.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for hot take
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“Hot take.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hot%20take. Accessed 5 Apr. 2025.
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