hot stuff

noun

Definition of hot stuffnext
as in something else
something very good of its kind it sounds pretty ordinary now, but their music was hot stuff in its time

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Recent Examples of hot stuff Yeah, who would’ve thought that putting hot stuff up your rectum could be risky. — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 12 July 2025 There was a time when atomic clocks looked like pretty hot stuff. — David Szondy, New Atlas, 12 Jan. 2025 At the time, Walk Score was hot stuff, building an online product that would quantify walkability by address. — Roger Valdez, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025 But ketamine, as my colleagues Salvador Hernandez and Richard Winton reported earlier this year, has become hot stuff among the rich and famous. — Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2024 Wednesday warms a bit before the really hot stuff makes a comeback for the Fourth, when shower and storms chance could return as well. — Molly Robey, Washington Post, 30 June 2024
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  1. beauty
  2. dream
  3. wonder
  4. phenomenon
Noun
  • This paradox—a longing for beauty to be distributed equally, even though it cannot be diluted for ease of distribution, and might even require rarity—is why the period continues to fascinate me.
    — Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 24 Aug. 2026
  • The Birth of Products for Black Hair From its inception around the turn of the 20th century, commercial Black hair care has been a response to the lack of options on mainstream beauty shelves.
    — Ava Welsing-Kitcher, Allure, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of beauty
Noun
  • That was Briscoe’s introduction to racing, an inspiration that fueled his desire and his racing dreams.
    — Greg Engle, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Hull made a dream return to the Premier League after a nine-year absence, beating Manchester United 2-0 to puncture any preseason optimism surrounding the 20-time champions.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of dream
Noun
  • Janelle Patton, the founder of Lark Interiors, notes that picking out great bedding, towels, and window treatments will work wonders.
    — Sarah Lyon, The Spruce, 21 Aug. 2026
  • It’s done wonders for the local economy, and entirely serves the people of Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as the surrounding regions.
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of wonder
Noun
  • Unlike circuits that store classical bits, qubits can exhibit strange phenomena like superposition and entanglement that give them extra computational power.
    — Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Spot-motion puppetry show De Fabeltjeskrant, created by Leen Valkenier, first broadcast in 1968 and went on to become a cultural phenomenon in the Netherlands and Belgium.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of phenomenon

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“Hot stuff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hot%20stuff. Accessed 26 Aug. 2026.

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