as in heated
melted by heat
molten metal molten lava
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Recent Examples of molten
At the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge off the Norwegian coast, molten rock rises from deep within the Earth between spreading tectonic plates.
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Christian Elliott, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Apr. 2025
The Bravia 8 IIs also maintained richer, more natural yellow and red tones in an HDR shot of molten metal than the Samsung and LG sets - possibly, in the LG G4’s case, because of the white element deployed in WRGB technology to boost brightness.
—John Archer, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
If the electricity that drives the reaction is provided via a clean method such as wind or solar, then the molten metal that results would be completely carbon neutral.
—Michael Franco, New Atlas, 13 Mar. 2025
For two weeks in late February every year, the setting sun lends the snowmelt at Horsetail Falls an orange glow, giving it the appearance of molten metal.
—Brad Wieners, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
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Christian Elliott, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Apr. 2025
The Bravia 8 IIs also maintained richer, more natural yellow and red tones in an HDR shot of molten metal than the Samsung and LG sets - possibly, in the LG G4’s case, because of the white element deployed in WRGB technology to boost brightness.
—John Archer, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
If the electricity that drives the reaction is provided via a clean method such as wind or solar, then the molten metal that results would be completely carbon neutral.
—Michael Franco, New Atlas, 13 Mar. 2025
For two weeks in late February every year, the setting sun lends the snowmelt at Horsetail Falls an orange glow, giving it the appearance of molten metal.
—Brad Wieners, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for molten
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The topic garnered passionate and heated discourse from council members and the mayor. City Council member Cheryl Littlejohn took to the podium during the public comment period to give a speech expressing her own disappointment and frustration about the policy and city operations.—
Briah Lumpkins,
Charlotte Observer,
22 May 2025
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Lanez is serving a 10-year sentence in prison after being convicted on three felony counts for shooting Megan Thee Stallion during a heated dispute outside a Hollywood Hills party in July 2020.—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
21 May 2025
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Mafic igneous rock is a material rich in specific minerals that forms when magma cools.—
Kate S. Petersen,
USA TODAY,
21 Feb. 2025
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The park’s seven-acre boulder field contains piles of large diabase (an igneous rock) stones formed some 175 million years ago that sound like bells when hit with a hammer.—
Emily Matchar,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 Jan. 2025
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One idea is that about a million years after the Big Bang, the universe cooled and underwent a phase transition, an event similar to how boiling water turns liquid into gas.—
Yasemin Saplakoglu,
Scientific American,
3 Mar. 2020
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If candy is still stuck on, pour more boiling water over whatever hasn’t come clean.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
3 Dec. 2019
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While the third quarter ended on a positive note with an increase in home sales, other indicators are showing a bit of a slow-down after the superheated market of the past few years. ...—
James Bickerton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 May 2025
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These are like chimneys pushing out superheated, mineral-rich water from deep beneath the Earth, which solidifies into deposits rich in metals such as copper, zinc and sometimes gold and silver.—
Laura Paddison,
CNN Money,
8 May 2025
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Kennedy Center director Richard Grenell has now delivered a seething response to the performers’ plan.—
Jack Dunn,
Variety,
8 May 2025
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Among the productions strengths is Jake Gyllenhaal’s seething Iago, one of Shakespeare’s greatest villains.—
David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Sep. 2019
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This year’s guest list highlighted a healthy contingent of first-time attendees, expanding the who’s who of the night to include a variety of A-list athletes and Bollywood stars, as well as the castmembers of The White Lotus‘ white-hot third season.—
Laurie Brookins,
HollywoodReporter,
12 May 2025
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Jin’s crescendo of bitterness had reached its peak and found a white-hot fury.—
Lizz Schumer,
People.com,
6 May 2025
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Peña said that because the physical changes to the third floor will be minimal, the new flea market should be open in the next couple of weeks — just in time to avoid Miami’s searing summer heat and sudden thunderstorms.—
Connie Ogle,
Miami Herald,
21 May 2025
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Pyroclastic clouds, or a dense mixture of ash, gas and rock dispersed during a volcanic eruption, caused a searing, rapid avalanche of debris to fill the home, Zuchtriegel said.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
17 May 2025
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In between walking red carpets and attending charity events together, the pair welcomed two children, daughters Evangeline Ruth and Elijah.—
Ellie Beeck,
Peoplemag,
6 Feb. 2023
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Music’s biggest night returns to Los Angeles on Sunday, and along with it, one of Hollywood’s grandest red carpets.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Feb. 2023
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“Molten.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/molten. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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