high-octane

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Recent Examples of high-octane Mainly notable for its high-octane car chases and terrific stunt work, the film should, like most of Neeson’s recent efforts, find its biggest audiences on streaming and cable. — Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 28 Oct. 2026 Models literally ran down the catwalk at times during Adidas’ high-octane show with multiple acts. — Stephy Chung, CNN Money, 20 Oct. 2026 Rookie Josue De Paula showed down the stretch, and with his plate discipline even in high-octane moments in the postseason, just how impactful the young players in the Dodgers’ system could be. — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026 But Misiorowski’s right arm, which has brought the Brewers to the brink of the World Series, is likely still thousands of high-octane fastballs away from earning him a long-term contract reflective of his value. — Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 14 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for high-octane
Recent Examples of Synonyms for high-octane
Adjective
  • The graduation ceremony and the reception afterward are cute and heartwarming for the grown-ups, bittersweet and mortifying for the kids, who skive off to smoke some of Ed’s high-test weed and have a little Texas Forever moment, toasting their enduring friendships.
    — Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Unlike many rocket engines used for hypersonic vehicles, the Draper engine runs on high-test hydrogen peroxide and kerosene.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • Because the richest tenth of Americans own nearly 90% of household stock-market wealth, every dollar shifted from paychecks to profit flows almost undiluted to the top.
    — Christopher Marquis, Time, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The closing look circled back to the same idea, but this time the same model carried the bag with a black skirt suit, the most undiluted iteration of Chanel.
    — José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 9 Oct. 2026
Adjective
  • Sellke, Shi, and Wang then showed that after a certain number of shuffles (which depended on how many cards were in the deck), the overlap between the decks’ regions of unmixed cards disappeared at an exponential rate.
    — John Pavlus, Quanta Magazine, 17 June 2026
  • Baking the cake unmixed creates a deliciously gooey cake that is crumbly and buttery on top.
    — Melinda Salchert, Southern Living, 3 Oct. 2025

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“High-octane.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/high-octane. Accessed 13 Nov. 2026.

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