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Recent Examples of high-octane
Trump won in 2024 partly because Biden whisperers convinced him that voters craved high-octane progressivism, from trillion-dollar spending tranches to innumerable pronouns.
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George Will, Twin Cities, 20 Mar. 2025
Christie’s auctioneer and art world dynamo Sara Friedlander led a high-octane live auction, which included works by Hilary Pecis and Andrew Brischler, a 10-person experience at Martha Stewart’s private residence, and an iconic Bob Mackie dress and jacket modeled by Coco Rocha herself.
—Erin Michelle Newberg, Vogue, 19 Mar. 2025
The war in Ukraine, however, has poured high-octane accelerant on these embers of cooperation, and the resulting collaborations have damaged Western interests.
—Christopher S. Chivvis, Foreign Affairs, 18 Mar. 2025
Ever wanted to see a Michael Bay movie filled with his trademark high-octane action sequences but without all those annoying characters and plotlines?
—Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Mar. 2025
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George Will, Twin Cities, 20 Mar. 2025
Christie’s auctioneer and art world dynamo Sara Friedlander led a high-octane live auction, which included works by Hilary Pecis and Andrew Brischler, a 10-person experience at Martha Stewart’s private residence, and an iconic Bob Mackie dress and jacket modeled by Coco Rocha herself.
—Erin Michelle Newberg, Vogue, 19 Mar. 2025
The war in Ukraine, however, has poured high-octane accelerant on these embers of cooperation, and the resulting collaborations have damaged Western interests.
—Christopher S. Chivvis, Foreign Affairs, 18 Mar. 2025
Ever wanted to see a Michael Bay movie filled with his trademark high-octane action sequences but without all those annoying characters and plotlines?
—Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for high-octane
Adjective
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Eventually, every artist runs out of mountains to climb, or—at the very least—needs a little help finding the high-test 92-octane fuel that can successfully power the creative engine that idles in their brain.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
26 Apr. 2024
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Rather than expend resources to designate a new lineup of high-test sport-utility vehicles, Chevrolet will call its subbrand a name synonymous with performance: Corvette.—
David Beard,
Car and Driver,
13 Apr. 2023
Adjective
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That song is a powder keg, a dynamic storehouse of raw, undiluted energy.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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His reaction, though, was one of pure, undiluted rage.—
Rory Smith,
The Athletic,
4 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Only unmixed household hazardous waste will be accepted.—
Joe Rassel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 Mar. 2025
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The seemingly unmixed demo made many social media users speculate whether the song was AI-generated before noted hip-hop commentator DJ Akademiks eventually played it — noticeably with some tweaks, like the omission of a line about P. Diddy and a different beat — on his livestream.—
Kyndall Cunningham,
Vox,
17 Mar. 2025
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“High-octane.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/high-octane. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.
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