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as in excited
being in a state of increased activity or agitation
the skyrocketing price of oil resulted in a wildly fluctuating, hyperactive stock market
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as in excitable
easily excited by nature
hyperactive children who are in dire need of a guardian with a firm hand
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Recent Examples of hyperactive
For decades, doctors viewed ADHD as a condition that only affected male children—the stereotypical hyperactive boy.
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Daliah Singer, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 July 2025
Manage Play Styles Excitable, high-energy play indoors can lead to more hyperactive behavior.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 July 2025
The interior Northwest and North Central U.S. will experience the greatest heat, bringing with it continued amounts of drought and a potentially hyperactive wildfire season.
—Renny Vandewege, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
There are two main kinds of A.D.H.D., inattentive and hyperactive/impulsive, and children in one category often seem to have little in common with children in the other.
—Paul Tough Eric Jason Martin Krish Seenivasan Brian St. Pierre, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
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Daliah Singer, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 July 2025
Manage Play Styles Excitable, high-energy play indoors can lead to more hyperactive behavior.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 July 2025
The interior Northwest and North Central U.S. will experience the greatest heat, bringing with it continued amounts of drought and a potentially hyperactive wildfire season.
—Renny Vandewege, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
There are two main kinds of A.D.H.D., inattentive and hyperactive/impulsive, and children in one category often seem to have little in common with children in the other.
—Paul Tough Eric Jason Martin Krish Seenivasan Brian St. Pierre, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hyperactive
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A lot of fans and people in tennis are excited about (João) Fonseca.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
19 Aug. 2025
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Takeaway: What would a party look like in your context — one that potential customers would be excited about?—
Jed Brewer,
Rolling Stone,
19 Aug. 2025
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For example, knowing that excitable dogs might overreact to moving images can inform desensitization approaches.—
Jenny Lehmann,
Discover Magazine,
17 July 2025
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Willie Garson brought ample laughs in Freaky Friday as Evan, an excitable patient of Curtis' Tess.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
9 Aug. 2025
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This thinking — amplified by extensive 24/7 hybrid media coverage and heated venture capital echo chambers — obscures a more nuanced transformation occurring at the periphery of traditional power structures.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Boreyko's lab discovered that this effect can also be achieved in ice simply by placing a thin, flat disc of ice on a heated aluminum surface.—
Jennifer Ouellette,
ArsTechnica,
14 Aug. 2025
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But as Trump appears to ignore court decisions and high-level administration officials are suggesting suspending the writ of habeas corpus, Bolick is nervous the United States is heading toward authoritarianism.—
Amanda Luberto,
AZCentral.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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Students, meanwhile, often get nervous about asking for clarification or diving deeper into a topic in front of their peers.—
Shelbie Witte,
The Conversation,
12 Aug. 2025
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For example, strengthening humanity through compassion and empathy helps people show more care towards others rather than being agitated or impatient.—
Mary Crossan,
Forbes.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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Dylan split out of the blue metal door, walking stiff, agitated, spat out on the heat of the late day.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Aug. 2025
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Therapeutic Botox – used for conditions that include muscle spasticity, migraines, overactive bladders, certain eye conditions and excessive sweating – brought in $3.3 billion for AbbVie last year, with sales of cosmetic Botox, often used to smooth facial wrinkles, generating $2.72 billion.—
Kara Fox,
CNN Money,
14 Aug. 2025
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This overactive immune response can cause inflammation and mistakenly attack joint tissues, leading to pain, swelling, and stiffness.—
Lindsay Curtis,
Health,
2 Aug. 2025
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“Hyperactive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hyperactive. Accessed 29 Aug. 2025.
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