as in searing
having a notably high temperature
the molten mass was still white-hot when the glassblower began to work his magic
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Recent Examples of white-hot
In 2018, astronomers observed that the black hole’s corona – a cloud of whirling, white-hot plasma – suddenly disappeared before reassembling months later.
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Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2025
Gomez accentuated the dress with a pair of white-hot, pointed-toe heels with a strap around the ankle.
—Julia Teti, WWD, 7 Jan. 2025
Decent talent but sloppy at the wrong times and no serious superstar candidates to suddenly get white-hot for a run.
—Matt Schneidman, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
Officially solidified as a white-hot team, Disney took notice (despite the profanity).
—Katcy Stephan, Variety, 20 Dec. 2024
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Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2025
Gomez accentuated the dress with a pair of white-hot, pointed-toe heels with a strap around the ankle.
—Julia Teti, WWD, 7 Jan. 2025
Decent talent but sloppy at the wrong times and no serious superstar candidates to suddenly get white-hot for a run.
—Matt Schneidman, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
Officially solidified as a white-hot team, Disney took notice (despite the profanity).
—Katcy Stephan, Variety, 20 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for white-hot
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Briarcliff Entertainment has set a March theatrical release date for the Oscar-qualified documentary October 8, a searing examination of antisemitism that erupted after the Hamas terror attack on Israel of October 7, 2023.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
29 Jan. 2025
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At the end of the day, room could not be found for even Marianne Jean-Baptiste, a past Oscar nominee who swept the major critics awards for her searing turn in Hard Truths, or Angelina Jolie, a past Oscar winner and the A-lister of A-listers, who seemed an early front-runner for the biopic Maria.—
Scott Feinberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
23 Jan. 2025
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One idea is that about a million years after the Big Bang, the universe cooled and underwent a phase transition, an event similar to how boiling water turns liquid into gas.—
Yasemin Saplakoglu,
Scientific American,
3 Mar. 2020
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If candy is still stuck on, pour more boiling water over whatever hasn’t come clean.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
3 Dec. 2019
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Arson in a hotter world Climate change is adding a new dimension to arson.—
Laura Paddison,
CNN,
3 Feb. 2025
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Rodrigo’s dress appeared on Versace’s 2000 spring runway in hot pink.—
Marissa Muller,
WWD,
3 Feb. 2025
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Ben Johnson has a ‘burning desire’ to be a head coach.—
Brad Biggs,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Feb. 2025
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For answers to more burning questions about Season 2, plus Season 3 clues (including which Season 1 character will be coming back), read Deadline’s interview with The Night Agent showrunner Shawn Ryan.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
24 Jan. 2025
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The December 2024 eruption - had lava fountains as high as 262 feet with molten material - and was the fifth eruption at Kilauea since December 2020.—
Cara Tabachnick,
CBS News,
27 Dec. 2024
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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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“White-hot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/white-hot. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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