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Recent Examples of hotheaded
Johnny and Ben are usually depicted as bickering surrogate brothers, the hotheaded youngster and the curmudgeonly elder; Susan is a pragmatic force, with Reed often lost in his own world.
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David Sims, The Atlantic, 25 July 2025
Her little brother Johnny (Joseph Quinn) can become a human torch, though the hotheaded heartthrob is underestimated.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 22 July 2025
Who hasn’t fired off some hotheaded e-mail about a missing package or demanded a ransom when something was misdelivered?
—Casey Cep, New Yorker, 28 June 2025
The young painter, a hotheaded arrival from Milan looking for a break in Rome’s cutthroat art world, set out to stupefy.
—Jason Farago, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025
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David Sims, The Atlantic, 25 July 2025
Her little brother Johnny (Joseph Quinn) can become a human torch, though the hotheaded heartthrob is underestimated.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 22 July 2025
Who hasn’t fired off some hotheaded e-mail about a missing package or demanded a ransom when something was misdelivered?
—Casey Cep, New Yorker, 28 June 2025
The young painter, a hotheaded arrival from Milan looking for a break in Rome’s cutthroat art world, set out to stupefy.
—Jason Farago, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hotheaded
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The music sweeps us up in the queasy thrill of revolt, but also in the heat and momentum of an impetuous romance.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
26 Sep. 2025
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The blast radius of Carl Rinsch‘s extravagant spending habits and Netflix‘s impetuous handing out of millions in the Golden Age of Streaming now has the feds footing the bills.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
12 Aug. 2025
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The defense also contends that Trump, as a public figure, must show actual malice—proof that the Journal knew its reporting was false or acted with reckless disregard for the truth—and that the complaint fails to do so.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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Western leaders largely dismissed these overt signals, assuming Putin would not be reckless enough to risk crippling sanctions, economic isolation, and a costly war.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
20 Oct. 2025
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These biases can lead to impulsive decisions like following trends, holding losing stocks too long, or ignoring cautionary advice.—
Chris Stevens,
Nashville Tennessean,
19 Oct. 2025
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Owner Woody Johnson is known for being impulsive and impatient, two things that wouldn't be in the head coach's favor.—
Jordan Sigler,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Oct. 2025
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Not having matches in a waterproof container was another thoughtless mistake.—
Bill Shaber,
Outdoor Life,
22 Oct. 2025
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Buying things is becoming as thoughtless as sending a text.—
Patrick van Esch,
The Conversation,
20 Oct. 2025
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Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin will evoke memories of Florida legend Steve Spurrier with his brash personality.—
Bruce Feldman,
New York Times,
19 Oct. 2025
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Known for his brash comedic style, the British actor seems tailor-made for the part of the bearded bully who delights in tormenting everyone around him — especially his wife.—
Jane LaCroix,
PEOPLE,
18 Oct. 2025
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Additional charges included negligently driving a vehicle in a careless and imprudent manner, endangering property, life, and person, as well as recklessly driving a vehicle in wanton and willful disregard for the safety of persons and property.—
Diane J. Cho,
PEOPLE,
22 Oct. 2025
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Systemic risk: The combination of low interest rates and an expanding economy encourages speculation and imprudent risk taking.—
Hersh Shefrin,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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There is a better approach than making overconfident guesses: rigorously testing new practices and strategies and only widely advocating for the ones that have robust evidence of effectiveness.—
Justin Reich,
The Conversation,
3 Oct. 2025
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Lee is a pest and a scoundrel, chronically broke and overconfident, maybe a talented writer or at least one who’s quick with literary references.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
22 Sep. 2025
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In Pynchon’s best works, his bleakness is brightened, in both senses—illuminated and made lighter—by the sweep of his vision and his affection for his fallible, foolhardy, well-meaning, wildly outmatched main characters.—
Kathryn Schulz,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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Depending on your viewpoint, Google has made either a good trade-off decision or lost its potential in a foolhardy quest for AI.—
Ewan Spence,
Forbes.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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“Hotheaded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hotheaded. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.
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