blisteringly

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Recent Examples of blisteringly Aside from Venus' blisteringly hot temperature, which could melt lead, incredible surface pressure, violent high-speed winds, and clouds of sulfuric acid, one of the key differences between Earth and Venus can be seen from afar. Robert Lea, Space.com, 8 Sep. 2026 This is a capable high-performance machine with a great screen, featuring WQXGA resolution and a blisteringly fast 120Hz refresh rate. K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 26 June 2026 Brown has started his campaign with two blisteringly negative ads. Liz Goodwin The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 25 May 2026 Both players were young, blisteringly quick and supremely talented and scored goals at a rate that exceeded what both Messi and Ronaldo had been capable of at similar ages. Tom Williams, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2026 Rue’s adventures as a drug mule are both horrifying and blisteringly funny, walking a tightrope that Levinson has always navigated expertly. Radhika Seth, Vogue, 9 Apr. 2026 Multiple cities in southern Nevada, meanwhile, may climb to 107 by later this week — blisteringly hot conditions for this early in the year. Denise Chow, NBC news, 16 Mar. 2026 But Kramer was outside the government, with friends dying, blisteringly aware of the ways in which the official instinct toward bureaucracy was dragging out a scientific process that needed to be moving at, to quote a more modern enterprise, warp speed. Talya Zax, The Atlantic, 21 Feb. 2026 Back then, the idea of holding winter sports in a country known more for blisteringly hot deserts than snowy peaks seemed absurd. Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 26 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blisteringly
Adverb
  • Christner studies microorganisms that are able to survive in extremely low temperatures.
    Jonathan Jones, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Deposition systems add extremely thin layers of material onto a silicon wafer.
    Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2026
Adverb
  • But incredibly, that failure actually paved the way for his return to the competition last season, with Benfica hiring him just weeks later.
    Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • This part — two brothers who respect each others’ artistic gifts (most of the time) but cannot stand each other personally — is not universal but incredibly specific.
    Nate Jones, Vulture, 7 Sep. 2026
Adverb
  • The real-life aspect of the things that inspired me to write this book were so much grimmer than the book itself and not actually very funny.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026
  • At the very least, a loss would have quelled any desire to inflict further consequences on Michigan.
    Austin Meek, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Adverb
  • Though Lock and Fleury aren’t Darnold and Kubiak, Wednesday night’s game demonstrated that Seattle is not interested in making terribly many overarching changes from last year’s general offensive approach.
    Andrew Destin, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • The other might be the terribly limited prospects of people like Miguelito living in Chivilcoy, a town outside Buenos Aires, where the two latter parts of the film is set.
    Roberto Prieto, Variety, 11 Sep. 2026
Adverb
  • Measles is a highly contagious airborne disease that causes fever, respiratory symptoms and a characteristic rash.
    JULHAS ALAM, Arkansas Online, 10 Sep. 2026
  • While the airline and ground control argued over replacements, a group of eight highly experienced traveling grooms, including Vard, slipped into emergency mode.
    Danielle Rossingh, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Adverb
  • This guy’s a good football player, damn good football player, massive, really strong with his hands.
    Jon Machota, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
  • This sucker is super small and lightweight, clips on in a second, and feels damn close to the original inputs.
    David Pierce, The Verge, 15 Aug. 2026
Adverb
  • Rafaela recaps many shows for us, particularly the Below Deck universe, and writes about movies too.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2026
  • There were several other plays with noteworthy designs, too, albeit with varying results.
    Andrew Destin, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Adverb
  • The Rolling Stones, down to two original members, have released their 25th studio album, Foreign Tongues, and most of it is pretty damned good.
    David Harris, SPIN, 6 July 2026
  • But Cleveland State was, in fact, a damned good basketball team, as were most of the double-digit seed winners in NCAA Tournament history.
    Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 18 Mar. 2026

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“Blisteringly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blisteringly. Accessed 13 Sep. 2026.

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