1
as in passionate
having or expressing great depth of feeling
a fervent speech that called for tolerance and compassion for those who are different
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as in boiling
having a notably high temperature
in the thick, fervent air of a tropical afternoon, a languor set in
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Recent Examples of fervent
Part of what has made the speculation so fervent is the extended gap between new releases.
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Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2026
Medium Daryl Anka claims to have channeled a multidimensional being known as Bashar for over 40 years, developing a fervent cult following in the process.
—Mattha Busby, Rolling Stone, 1 Mar. 2026
Xiao Sang was more experienced than her friend, so her passion wasn’t as fervent, and instead was like the whetstone arcing into water.
—Literary Hub, 27 Feb. 2026
If the most fervent believers are correct, AI might one day challenge the power and sovereignty of nation-states.
—Idrees Kahloon, The Atlantic, 26 Feb. 2026
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Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2026
Medium Daryl Anka claims to have channeled a multidimensional being known as Bashar for over 40 years, developing a fervent cult following in the process.
—Mattha Busby, Rolling Stone, 1 Mar. 2026
Xiao Sang was more experienced than her friend, so her passion wasn’t as fervent, and instead was like the whetstone arcing into water.
—Literary Hub, 27 Feb. 2026
If the most fervent believers are correct, AI might one day challenge the power and sovereignty of nation-states.
—Idrees Kahloon, The Atlantic, 26 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fervent
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Malinin, at the post-skate press conference following his world title victory, made his thoughts known in a passionate plea to the ISU (International Skating Union).—
Tyler Erzberger,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Mar. 2026
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Fans are going to be passionate.—
Joe Davidson,
Sacbee.com,
29 Mar. 2026
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More humane methods of killing lobsters pre-boiling include a sharp knife through the head, electrical stunning, or freezing.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
29 Dec. 2025
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Agrawal and her team studied ionic liquids — salts that are liquid at sub-boiling temperatures (below 212 degrees Fahrenheit, or 100 degrees Celsius) — as a potential hospitable environment for life.—
Stefanie Waldek,
Space.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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The Inn stays shut during winter and ‘pack ice’ season, which some locals will tell you is the most beautiful time of all—for snowmobiling and snowshoeing through the Island’s interior by day, and come evening, getting invited into someone's warm shed for a tipple and a chat.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 Apr. 2026
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In 2001, the couple, who did not have children, retired to Miami in search of warmer beaches.—
Carol Marbin Miller,
Miami Herald,
2 Apr. 2026
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But as Lumpkin sat at the defense table, the victim’s family delivered searing statements that undercut her long-standing claims of abuse, portraying her instead as a calculating, coldblooded killer.—
Pamela Colloff,
ProPublica,
24 Mar. 2026
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There are no national – or local – media outlets setting up for live broadcasts on this searing hot afternoon.—
Celina Tebor,
CNN Money,
19 Mar. 2026
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At Fox, Collier became known for his passional embrace of blockchain, NFTs and the whole Web3 space.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
10 Nov. 2022
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The play, like the movie, is loosely based on a robbery that took place in 1972, on a boiling-hot August day, when an eccentric, deep-in-debt Vietnam veteran named John Wojtowicz entered a Chase bank in Brooklyn with a gun and two accomplices, hoping for a quick score.—
Emily Nussbaum,
New Yorker,
2 Apr. 2026
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Rather than offering just the standard facials and massages (which are also on the menu), the spa has red and blue light therapy and a treatment where guests can alternate between a hot sauna and a cold plunge.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 Apr. 2026
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His grandfather had been an ardent Zionist who, in 1975, sold his house, on Long Island, and moved to Beersheba, a city in southern Israel.—
Eyal Press,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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Some of the silence is designed to amplify the missing, the previously ignored, the co-opted, the terrorized, the gaslighted, and excluded voices of the country’s most ardent supporters of a multiracial democracy.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
30 Mar. 2026
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Please tell me the sequel could answer the most burning question of the ’00s: How could Austin not recognize Sam in that mask?—
Stephanie McNeal,
Glamour,
13 Aug. 2025
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Cooper, 30, asked Hargitay one more burning question about the actors' on-screen alter egos: will Olivia and Elliot ever end up together?—
Victoria Edel,
People.com,
26 June 2025
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“Fervent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fervent. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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