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as in agitated
being in a state of increased activity or agitation
a heated discussion about who should pay for the pizza
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as in warmed
having or giving off heat to a moderate degree
early settlers put heated bricks under the blankets to keep warm
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as in toasted
to cause to have or give off heat to a moderate degree
heat water for tea heat the oven to 350 degrees before you put the cake in
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Recent Examples of heated
IEEE Spectrum, 30 Oct. 2025
Spa guests can swim in the indoor heated pool with panoramic views, or indulge in a treatment like the mountain scrub that uses herbs from Metsovo.
—Chadner Navarro, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2025
Charlotte Observer, 29 Oct. 2025
Throughout the episode, the pair engages in a cat-and-mouse game before things ultimately get heated.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2025
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Adjective
The battery can discharge steam instead of heat by injecting water into an attached chamber that the heated air passes through before leaving the battery through the outlet.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Oct. 2025
Spa guests can swim in the indoor heated pool with panoramic views, or indulge in a treatment like the mountain scrub that uses herbs from Metsovo.
—Chadner Navarro, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2025
Verb
What’s in the air On most commercial jets, outside air is compressed and heated by the engine before it’s routed into the cabin.
—Charlotte Observer, 29 Oct. 2025
Throughout the episode, the pair engages in a cat-and-mouse game before things ultimately get heated.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for heated
Adjective
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Locked away in an old house in Montana, her increasingly agitated and erratic behavior leaves her companion, Jackson, played by Pattinson, worried and helpless.—
Karla Rodriguez,
Footwear News,
3 Nov. 2025
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In this effective, no-nonsense chiller, a couple – one with an escalating form of parasomnia (a sleep disturbance that leads to fugue-like sleep walking) – seek and don’t get some R&R together and wind up arguing more and getting more agitated as freaky things start to happen.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
24 Oct. 2025
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For best results, reheat in the oven at 325°F until warmed through and the puff pastry is crisp again.—
Symiah Dorsey,
Southern Living,
25 Oct. 2025
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Pettis said as climate change has warmed ocean waters, the whales have moved into new locations to follow their food sources.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
23 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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No pretending to be too cool to be excited, just vibing and living in the moment.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
5 Nov. 2025
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Now Lomax is excited for future opportunities to work with other brands.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
5 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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The Nulu fabric is buttery-soft, sweat-wicking, and warm without overheating.—
Nicol Natale,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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First, warm soil temperatures combined with moderate air temperatures in early autumn create ideal grass seed germination conditions.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
25 Oct. 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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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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“Heated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heated. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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