as in extremely
to a great degree
a blisteringly harsh review of the new musical
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Recent Examples of blisteringly
This is a capable high-performance machine with a great screen, featuring WQXGA resolution and a blisteringly fast 120Hz refresh rate.
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K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
24 June 2026
Brown has started his campaign with two blisteringly negative ads.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Matthew Martin,
semafor.com,
26 Jan. 2026
Despite challenges like blisteringly cold temperatures and ceaseless wind gusts, don’t be deterred—something fluffy effortlessly glamorizes winter dressing (and keeps us from freezing solid).
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Bianca Kratky,
Glamour,
24 Nov. 2025
K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
24 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
Despite challenges like blisteringly cold temperatures and ceaseless wind gusts, don’t be deterred—something fluffy effortlessly glamorizes winter dressing (and keeps us from freezing solid).
—
Bianca Kratky,
Glamour,
24 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blisteringly
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Now, multiple residents are left worried about what's to come next week with extremely hot temperatures in the forecast.
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Despite being the fourth largest economy in the world — the home of Hollywood and Silicon Valley — California’s budget is extremely dependent on the state’s most prosperous residents.
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This butter-yellow tunic feels cheerful, airy, and incredibly chic for summer.
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The producers are amazing, the writers are amazing, the director's amazing and Netflix has been nothing but incredibly supportive.
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Following their arrival, word spread among law enforcement at Kansas City Stadium (aka Arrowhead) that the King and Queen were en route — and the path to the VVIP (yes, very very) entrance was cleared by FBI officials, who kept fans away from the area.
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This could look like a very specific cut of a sleeve of a shirt that nods to that time.
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In forming our union, the founders fell terribly short of the declaration's promise, leaving slavery intact, allowing states to restrict the franchise to white men who own property.
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But if the film occasionally threatens to float away into its own inaccessible realm, Camp’s witty, doleful performance grounds it with a human dimension, albeit not a terribly warm one.
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Made with soft, highly absorbent quick-drying microfiber.
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The majority of chicken in America is highly processed and cleaned in a chlorine bath.
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The perps are leading and so far those that have been listed before IPOs have done a pretty damn good job.
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If Jenna didn't look so damn nice, then our age gap is not that much.
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So too did a record 400-million-barrel release from the International Energy Agency’s strategic petroleum reserves – a supply boost that’s still underway.
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The man who made a reputation by doing the impossible with African Cup of Nation wins had too little time to find the magic with Tunisia.
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Listening to Gish, recently reissued on vinyl for its 35th anniversary, is a good reminder that the Smashing Pumpkins started out a damned fine rock band.
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But Cleveland State was, in fact, a damned good basketball team, as were most of the double-digit seed winners in NCAA Tournament history.
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