as in frenzy
a state of wildly excited activity or emotion
shoppers running around in a delirium the day before Christmas
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Recent Examples of delirium
Amid the swirl of delirium and chaos following Everton’s 2-2 draw against Liverpool in February, one player embarked on an individual lap of honour.
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Adam Crafton, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2025
Over the next few days, Jones remained on the ventilator, battling not just the physical toll of surgery, but something more disorienting: ICU delirium, a condition that causes confusion, hallucinations and memory issues.
—Jordan Greene, People.com, 28 July 2025
Damage to small blood vessels can also cause kidney and lung disease, comas, delirium, and dementia.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 28 May 2025
One research letter published in June 2024 in the Journal of the American Medical Assn. looked at more than 200,000 patients and found long ER stays could be linked to a higher risk of dementia patients developing delirium — a temporary state of mental confusion and sometimes hallucinations.
—Devna Bose and Benjamin Thorp, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2025
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Adam Crafton, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2025
Over the next few days, Jones remained on the ventilator, battling not just the physical toll of surgery, but something more disorienting: ICU delirium, a condition that causes confusion, hallucinations and memory issues.
—Jordan Greene, People.com, 28 July 2025
Damage to small blood vessels can also cause kidney and lung disease, comas, delirium, and dementia.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 28 May 2025
One research letter published in June 2024 in the Journal of the American Medical Assn. looked at more than 200,000 patients and found long ER stays could be linked to a higher risk of dementia patients developing delirium — a temporary state of mental confusion and sometimes hallucinations.
—Devna Bose and Benjamin Thorp, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for delirium
Noun
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Wall Street holds near record highs in a government-data blackout , with enough rotational energy toward left-behind groups, refreshed confidence in the AI spending frenzy, certainty of a Fed rate cut this month and speculative aggression in lower-quality longshots to keep the indexes aloft.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
3 Oct. 2025
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The Red Sox have room to pay him now that Rafael Devers' contract is off the books, but Bregman could cause a frenzy in free agency.—
Aaliyan Mohammed,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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In the wake of the deadly rampage, Sanford’s military record has come into focus.—
Luis Martinez,
ABC News,
28 Sep. 2025
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The four victims killed in the rampage were off-duty NYPD officer Didarul Islam; Wesley LePatner, an executive at Blackstone; security officer Aland Etienne; and Julia Hyman, an employee at Rudin Management.—
Jodi Guglielmi,
Rolling Stone,
27 Sep. 2025
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“Delirium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delirium. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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