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Recent Examples of delirium Basically, delirium is the result of a neurochemical commotion. Michael Erard, Big Think, 14 Feb. 2025 For other family members, some meaning needs to be made from the delirium. Michael Erard, Big Think, 14 Feb. 2025 Despite its prevalence, doctors don’t reliably recognize delirium. Michael Erard, Big Think, 14 Feb. 2025 Conventional logic is futile here, underscoring the film’s dread and delirium. Beatrice Loayza, Vulture, 14 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for delirium
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Noun
  • The dampened investor mood over AI — relative to the frenzy over the theme in 2024, at least — doesn’t reflect the priorities of companies, which are still spending on AI infrastructure and leveraging the technology to find new revenue streams.
    Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 21 May 2025
  • Today’s tariff frenzy is not really motivated by a concern for military threats, anyway.
    Ben Bayer, Oc Register, 19 May 2025
Noun
  • Aniston, now 56, played a girl trying to stop his murderous rampage after his gold coins were stolen.
    Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 23 May 2025
  • The probes said Byrd acted in self-defense and credited him with helping to protect lawmakers during the chaotic rampage by rioters including Babbitt, who was not armed.
    Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 19 May 2025

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“Delirium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delirium. Accessed 28 May. 2025.

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