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as in dementia
a serious mental disorder that prevents one from living a safe and normal life
that form of mania often manifests itself in excessive and often incoherent talkativeness
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as in obsession
something about which one is constantly thinking or concerned
his wife was baffled and amused by his mania for old comic books
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Recent Examples of mania
One thing’s for certain — merger mania is always contagious in Hollywood.
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Chris Yogerst, HollywoodReporter, 16 Jan. 2026
The proclamation held water — turning said pink into a veritable sensation by way of the Millennial Pink mania, which made everything from Paul Smith’s Melrose Avenue Pink Wall to Louis Vuitton’s 2016 runway looks into a headline (and, in the case of the latter, an influencer magnet).
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 15 Jan. 2026
According to Daniel and multiple family members, the 52-year-old had no history of mania or psychosis before encountering Meta AI.
—Maggie Harrison Dupré, Futurism, 15 Jan. 2026
This year, the voting body once again tried to reinvent itself with a new category (Best Podcast) while still pretending to offer a peek into Hollywood glamour, and the resulting ceremony was a lot of mania and little coherence.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 12 Jan. 2026
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Chris Yogerst, HollywoodReporter, 16 Jan. 2026
The proclamation held water — turning said pink into a veritable sensation by way of the Millennial Pink mania, which made everything from Paul Smith’s Melrose Avenue Pink Wall to Louis Vuitton’s 2016 runway looks into a headline (and, in the case of the latter, an influencer magnet).
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 15 Jan. 2026
According to Daniel and multiple family members, the 52-year-old had no history of mania or psychosis before encountering Meta AI.
—Maggie Harrison Dupré, Futurism, 15 Jan. 2026
This year, the voting body once again tried to reinvent itself with a new category (Best Podcast) while still pretending to offer a peek into Hollywood glamour, and the resulting ceremony was a lot of mania and little coherence.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 12 Jan. 2026
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But researchers worry that repeated, less dramatic blows, such as heading the ball, can also have long-term effects; there is evidence that players who regularly head the ball are at greater risk of dementia than those, such as goalkeepers, who do not.—
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semafor.com,
6 Feb. 2026
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This included no meaningful excess of memory loss or dementia, depression, sleep disturbance, erectile dysfunction, weight gain, nausea, fatigue or headache.—
Sara Moniuszko,
USA Today,
6 Feb. 2026
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Tokyo — In scenes normally reserved for J-pop stars, thousands of fans huddle against the cold outside a small train station on the outskirts of Tokyo, their phones held high for a glimpse of Japan’s latest obsession.—
Hanako Montgomery,
CNN Money,
6 Feb. 2026
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An obsession with the windy heath and wild heather moorlands of Yorkshire, where it was filmed.—
Andrea Bussell,
Condé Nast Traveler,
5 Feb. 2026
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Repeal this insanity and restore order to our streets!—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
7 Feb. 2026
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Defense attorneys hoped to convince the jury that Gacy was not guilty by reason of insanity.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Feb. 2026
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In this boring policymaking context, AB 1421 is fine and the social media hysteria pretty silly.—
Sal Rodriguez,
Oc Register,
8 Feb. 2026
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Maybe the point is to create hysteria about an unfair election in advance, just in case the Republicans lose.—
Anne Applebaum,
The Atlantic,
6 Feb. 2026
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Then, with many on the court at this point, Stewart came rushing off the Pistons’ bench to confront Bridges, throwing a punch as their altercation became the focal point of the madness on the hardwood.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
10 Feb. 2026
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The darker strands of the young Tennyson’s existence—madness, spurned love, ruinous genes, insolvency—would become the themes of a later poem that Holmes regards as pivotal.—
James Parker,
The Atlantic,
10 Feb. 2026
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Antipsychotic drugs are the frontline treatment for schizophrenia, although these medications come with serious side effects, and not all people with the condition respond well to them.—
Claire Cameron,
Scientific American,
6 Feb. 2026
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The current edition, DSM-5-TR, contains more than 300 distinct mental disorders such as schizophrenia, obsessive compulsive disorder and alcohol use disorder.—
Jen Christensen,
CNN Money,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Mania.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mania. Accessed 13 Feb. 2026.
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