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Recent Examples of overheat
As fate would have it, her car overheated and stranded her in the 1400 block of Larimer Street in the summer of 1964.
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Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, 24 Jan. 2025
The commission worked with Fitbit to recall 1.7 million Ionic watches in 2022 after receiving 115 reports of overheating batteries.
—Gaby Del Valle, The Verge, 23 Jan. 2025
Fix #3 - Make sure your computer isn't overheating
An overheating laptop or desktop will try to prevent damage to critical hardware components by shutting itself down.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 21 Jan. 2025
And if your routine involves blow drying, the Dyson Airwrap is beloved for its optimal drying capabilities, without overheating and burning the hair.
—Kiana Murden, Vogue, 4 Feb. 2025
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Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, 24 Jan. 2025
The commission worked with Fitbit to recall 1.7 million Ionic watches in 2022 after receiving 115 reports of overheating batteries.
—Gaby Del Valle, The Verge, 23 Jan. 2025
Fix #3 - Make sure your computer isn't overheating
An overheating laptop or desktop will try to prevent damage to critical hardware components by shutting itself down.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 21 Jan. 2025
And if your routine involves blow drying, the Dyson Airwrap is beloved for its optimal drying capabilities, without overheating and burning the hair.
—Kiana Murden, Vogue, 4 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overheat
Verb
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Non-ionizing radiation, such as visible light or microwaves, might heat things up but is considered relatively safe.—
Dhruv Khullar,
The New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2025
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Coconut oil has a high smoke point (the temperature at which an oil or fat begins to produce smoke) and melts when heated.—
Chelsea Rae Bourgeois, RDN, LD,
Health,
4 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Scientists suspect that magnetic reconnection superheats the coronal plasma, and small-scale phenomena such as the jetlets or related phenomena called nano flares might play a role.—
Rebecca Boyle,
Scientific American,
1 Mar. 2024
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The use of fly ash as a feedstock eliminates the need to use limestone at all, let alone to superheat it.—
Erik Kobayashi-Solomon,
Forbes,
13 Nov. 2023
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More ducks are opting against migration due to evolution and natural selection — and there's an association with warming winters caused by climate change, Dale Gentry, director of conservation for Audubon Upper Mississippi River, told Axios.—
Nick Halter,
Axios,
11 Feb. 2025
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This sort of community solidarity is essential in a warming planet where these sorts of environmental disasters are going to become more common, especially in parts of the world that lack resources or whose governments are not interested in providing them.—
Kristin Deasy,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2025
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“Overheat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overheat. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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