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
Ten-time Grammy nom Monáe, an equally impressive singer-songwriter who has become a fashion industry darling, follows in Jones’ footsteps with her own fervent fan base.
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Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 7 May 2025
In the 17 years since that last tour — in support of Under the Blacklight, the major-label breakthrough that doubled as their final album — their fervent fanbase has only expanded, a fact that was painfully obvious at the Fremont on Monday evening.
—Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 6 May 2025
Fetterman voted for several of President Donald Trump’s nominees, like Attorney General Pam Bondi, and has been a fervent supporter of Israel in its war in Gaza against the terrorist group Hamas.
—Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 11 May 2025
But, whatever the White House and its most fervent allies insisted at the time, the Signal chat was a major embarrassment.
—The Editors, National Review, 2 May 2025
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Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 7 May 2025
In the 17 years since that last tour — in support of Under the Blacklight, the major-label breakthrough that doubled as their final album — their fervent fanbase has only expanded, a fact that was painfully obvious at the Fremont on Monday evening.
—Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 6 May 2025
Fetterman voted for several of President Donald Trump’s nominees, like Attorney General Pam Bondi, and has been a fervent supporter of Israel in its war in Gaza against the terrorist group Hamas.
—Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 11 May 2025
But, whatever the White House and its most fervent allies insisted at the time, the Signal chat was a major embarrassment.
—The Editors, National Review, 2 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fervent
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It’s been possible, but hard to find Fettercairn from independent bottlers in the United States, and those who seek it out are passionate about it, Boice said.—
Gina Pace,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2025
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Gabriella is a cousin of King Charles through her father Prince Michael's side of the family and a passionate musician who played an advisory role around the musical performances for Kate's Together at Christmas carol service in December at Westminster Abbey.—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
19 May 2025
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One idea is that about a million years after the Big Bang, the universe cooled and underwent a phase transition, an event similar to how boiling water turns liquid into gas.—
Yasemin Saplakoglu,
Scientific American,
3 Mar. 2020
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If candy is still stuck on, pour more boiling water over whatever hasn’t come clean.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
3 Dec. 2019
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The finish is long and flavorful, evoking tropical themes of coconut water and warm beaches.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
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But his presence now would have been a warm security blanket.—
Brendan Kuty,
New York Times,
16 May 2025
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Peña said that because the physical changes to the third floor will be minimal, the new flea market should be open in the next couple of weeks — just in time to avoid Miami’s searing summer heat and sudden thunderstorms.—
Connie Ogle,
Miami Herald,
21 May 2025
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Pyroclastic clouds, or a dense mixture of ash, gas and rock dispersed during a volcanic eruption, caused a searing, rapid avalanche of debris to fill the home, Zuchtriegel said.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
17 May 2025
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This conservatism is warranted on hot, still summer days when everyone is cranking up their air conditioning, but such caution often restricts the amount of electricity available to customers.—
Erik Kobayashi-Solomon,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2025
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And the doctors who don’t say that are just jealous of your hot little baby.—
Megan Amram,
New Yorker,
22 May 2025
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Among Mao’s most ardent admirers, there’s a sense of pride that the US president appears to be borrowing from the revolutionary playbook of their esteemed supreme leader.—
Nectar Gan,
CNN Money,
12 May 2025
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Prime Minister Modi in India has been a very ardent Hindu nationalist.—
Meredith Deliso,
ABC News,
10 May 2025
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Equal to Tesfaye’s navel-gazing, Shults uses every trick in the music-video playbook to conjure a vivid, ultra-saturated but not quite realistic universe where the Weeknd is a brightly burning sun everyone revolves around.—
Todd Gilchrist,
Variety,
15 May 2025
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Ben Johnson has a ‘burning desire’ to be a head coach.—
Brad Biggs,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Feb. 2025
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Biden's physical and mental fitness has been the subject of intense scrutiny during and since his time in office, with questions about the former president's age and well-being ultimately forcing him to abandon his 2024 reelection bid.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
19 May 2025
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Yet the overall focus is on the utopian community orbiting around the intense figurehead.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
19 May 2025
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“Fervent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fervent. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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