high-octane

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Recent Examples of high-octane In theaters June 20 16 of 31 F1 Brad Pitt plays a retired Formula 1 racer who gets back in the driver’s seat in a high-octane drama from Top Gun: Maverick producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Joseph Kosinski that brings the action from the skies down to the racetrack. Jack Smart, People.com, 19 Apr. 2025 In high-octane, multi-person matches, Femi and Vaquer remained dominant. Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 19 Apr. 2025 Despite the newfound enthusiasm around drugs like psilocybin, MDMA, and even high-octane, super-psychedelic compounds like 5-MEO-DMT, LSD remains something of an outcast. John Semley, Rolling Stone, 19 Apr. 2025 The talent his coaches are working with comes with high-octane pressure. Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 18 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for high-octane
Recent Examples of Synonyms for high-octane
Adjective
  • Eventually, every artist runs out of mountains to climb, or—at the very least—needs a little help finding the high-test 92-octane fuel that can successfully power the creative engine that idles in their brain.
    Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 26 Apr. 2024
  • Rather than expend resources to designate a new lineup of high-test sport-utility vehicles, Chevrolet will call its subbrand a name synonymous with performance: Corvette.
    David Beard, Car and Driver, 13 Apr. 2023
Adjective
  • Discerning movie watchers too begin to stay away from theaters and prefer to enjoy the undiluted artistic version of their favorite indie filmmakers digitally.
    Viren Naidu, IndieWire, 8 Mar. 2025
  • But instead of a careful observation of animosity, what the show presents are examples of undiluted pain.
    Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 21 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Only unmixed household hazardous waste will be accepted.
    Joe Rassel, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2025
  • The seemingly unmixed demo made many social media users speculate whether the song was AI-generated before noted hip-hop commentator DJ Akademiks eventually played it — noticeably with some tweaks, like the omission of a line about P. Diddy and a different beat — on his livestream.
    Kyndall Cunningham, Vox, 17 Mar. 2025

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“High-octane.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/high-octane. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

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