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Recent Examples of overheated
Brett Owens, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
The metro's overheated market also experienced speculative buying that the firm finds concerning.
—Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
Using those weights would have shown that the potential for health effects is even more remote than the overheated news coverage of the paper suggests.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2024
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
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Adjective
Shares are even a little overheated, at a slight premium to NAV.
—Brett Owens, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
The metro's overheated market also experienced speculative buying that the firm finds concerning.
—Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
Using those weights would have shown that the potential for health effects is even more remote than the overheated news coverage of the paper suggests.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2024
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overheated
Adjective
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Later, at the end of the first episode, Coach Scott (Steven Krueger) discovers Mari, who stormed out of the village following a heated exchange with Shauna, trapped in the infamous pit.—
Michaela Zee,
Variety,
15 Feb. 2025
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Liquor license controversy All three candidates are vying for a seat only available this year because of the resignation of Hoobler, an incident that sparked a lengthy and heated debate in the community.—
Joseph States,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Feb. 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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Located 3,000 miles below the Earth’s surface, the inner core is anchored by gravity within the molten liquid outer core.—
Doyle Rice,
USA TODAY,
14 Feb. 2025
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Vidale suggests that interactions with the molten outer core and gravitational forces from the mantle contribute to the slowing of the inner core.—
Jenny Lehmann,
Discover Magazine,
12 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The park’s seven-acre boulder field contains piles of large diabase (an igneous rock) stones formed some 175 million years ago that sound like bells when hit with a hammer.—
Emily Matchar,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 Jan. 2025
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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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“Overheated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overheated. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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