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as in ecstatic
experiencing or marked by overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion
still heady from his election win, he announced his first cabinet appointments
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as in smart
having or showing a practical cleverness or judgment
one of the headiest politicians around, he knows how to read the public mood at any given moment
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as in rich
having an abundance of some characteristic quality (as flavor)
a rich meal full of heady sauces and strong spices
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Recent Examples of heady
Italy brings the scenery, a heady dose of history, its heralded cuisine, and delicious wine, plus an appreciation of the good life that makes small moments feel like big deals.
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Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 31 May 2026
But nothing quite sums up the heady tropical flavors of Florida quite like its original aperitif—Munyon’s Paw-Paw.
—Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 30 May 2026
Weihl is dealing with heady concepts here, and at this crucial point—the project’s de facto mission statement—they’re too unwieldy, pushing her down cryptic dead-end roads.
—Raphael Helfand, Pitchfork, 29 May 2026
Odette 2022 Cabernet Sauvignon has heady aromas of blackberry, star anise, and slate.
—Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 28 May 2026
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Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 31 May 2026
But nothing quite sums up the heady tropical flavors of Florida quite like its original aperitif—Munyon’s Paw-Paw.
—Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 30 May 2026
Weihl is dealing with heady concepts here, and at this crucial point—the project’s de facto mission statement—they’re too unwieldy, pushing her down cryptic dead-end roads.
—Raphael Helfand, Pitchfork, 29 May 2026
Odette 2022 Cabernet Sauvignon has heady aromas of blackberry, star anise, and slate.
—Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 28 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for heady
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As the film’s dance sequences played in front of me before ending in an ecstatic, cathartic rave-release, I was reminded again of that hopeful feeling for what the future may hold.—
Devorah Lauter,
ARTnews.com,
16 June 2026
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Christina Baanders-Decker and her husband, who run Midwest Cyclery in Westport, were ecstatic to learn the Dutch national team would call Kansas City home for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
12 June 2026
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Food systems now account for about a third of global greenhouse gas emissions, but scientists say regenerative agriculture and climate-smart farming can help flip that into a future where farms also help grow climate solutions.—
Jeff Young,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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Gerard Damiano was a smart guy, a hairdresser from the Bronx who directed Deep Throat and the follow-up, Devil in Miss Jones, which were killing it at the box office, high up on Variety’s Top 50 list of the highestgrossing films.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Nov. 2025
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Plenty of restaurants in New York are preposterously expensive, and Marcel is, too—a cocktail alone can run more than forty bucks—but the restaurant pulls off the much rarer trick of feeling actually rich.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
14 June 2026
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Gardena and salted amber give this shimmery body mist a rich, tropical vacation sort of scent profile.—
Reece Andavolgyi,
InStyle,
14 June 2026
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Wayne Brady, Billy Porter and Harvey Fierstein are giddy with excitement for the preview of their upcoming production Encores!—
Brendan Le,
PEOPLE,
11 June 2026
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The future shotstopper was out the door and sprinting in giddy celebration up a street near Bloemfontein before the players had even begun their shimmy.—
Jack Bantock,
CNN Money,
9 June 2026
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So what music to my ears were her astute assessment about the precision of Catullus’s diction across languages and the weirdly contemporary vocabulary itself.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Dec. 2025
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Here's Brown's, astute as always, analysis.—
Payton Titus,
Louisville Courier Journal,
20 Nov. 2025
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At the same time, the Houthi movement, supported by Iran, remains a potent force in northern Yemen.—
Amir Daftari,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Dec. 2025
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Yet Cloud Dancer plays an equally indispensable role anchoring the Tropic Tonalities palette, where the white feels like a safe, comforting choice in the context of visually potent pigments like Paradise Pink and Kiwi Colada, among others.—
Tim Nelson,
Architectural Digest,
4 Dec. 2025
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Barclays says that markets are more euphoric than ever, tracking it through an index that scans the options market across roughly 700 stocks for the signs of speculative chasing.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
7 June 2026
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And this is Minsky’s point, that speculative excesses during euphoric, transformative periods result in imprudent financing, fragility, and instability.—
Hersh Shefrin,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2026
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The aircraft was unable to gain altitude after taking off and made a sharp left turn before crashing, according to Butler Memorial Airport acting manager Dennis Jacobs.—
Mirna Alsharif,
NBC news,
14 June 2026
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The exposure is sharpest for lenders that rely on machine learning, because of how those systems behave over time.—
Dara-Abasi Ita,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026
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