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Recent Examples of high-octane
Whether shooting in black and white or high-octane color, Ridgers captured the saucy, staccato rhythms of the era—before camera phones, the naked-dressing ban, or the general downturn of public celebrity excess.
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Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 23 May 2025
That Game 6 clinic could double as a blueprint for navigating their next test: a high-octane Indiana Pacers team led by All-Star guard Tyrese Haliburton that never takes its foot off the gas.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 20 May 2025
Reckoning at Lincoln Center, while across the pond, Halle Berry held it down at Cannes, respectively, for global premieres of the high-octane film.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 18 May 2025
Now a year later, the Knicks are fully healthy and will seek revenge against the high-octane Pacers in their first Eastern Conference Finals appearance in 25 years.
—Adam Zagoria, Forbes.com, 17 May 2025
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Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 23 May 2025
That Game 6 clinic could double as a blueprint for navigating their next test: a high-octane Indiana Pacers team led by All-Star guard Tyrese Haliburton that never takes its foot off the gas.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 20 May 2025
Reckoning at Lincoln Center, while across the pond, Halle Berry held it down at Cannes, respectively, for global premieres of the high-octane film.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 18 May 2025
Now a year later, the Knicks are fully healthy and will seek revenge against the high-octane Pacers in their first Eastern Conference Finals appearance in 25 years.
—Adam Zagoria, Forbes.com, 17 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for high-octane
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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
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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
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These directorial techniques introduce an element of transgressive humor that directly competes with the film’s horror elements, diminishing The Front Room’s impact as an undiluted genre experience without substantive compensation for the loss.—
Justin Lowe,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Sep. 2019
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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
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Only unmixed household hazardous waste will be accepted.—
Joe Rassel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 Apr. 2025
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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 12 Jun. 2025.
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