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Recent Examples of overexcited
High-profile figures, from OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, have suggested in recent months that investors have become overexcited about AI, as companies bet big on the technology with multibillion-dollar investments.
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Sylvan Lane, The Hill, 13 Oct. 2025
Some dogs became overexcited before play even began, forcing owners to physically restrain them from snatching the toys, Mazzini said.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025
If the offense continues to be electric, the fans might get overexcited.
—Jim Keyser, Idaho Statesman, 6 Sep. 2025
Last Thursday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told reporters at a private dinner that investors are overexcited about AI models.
—ArsTechnica, 21 Aug. 2025
Calm restored in the Treasury market, yields settling back slightly to quiet the overexcited talk about fiscal fissures.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 2 June 2025
After a brain injury, NMDA receptors can become overexcited, causing further cell death, so quieting these receptors might prevent additional damage.
—Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 29 May 2025
Team members become overexcited about their fantasy football teams, or individuals chat about the latest Netflix hit.
—Cheryl Robinson, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
However, some overexcited roadies (played by Kevin Nealon, Dana Carvey and Dennis Miller) resulted in Bertinelli getting up and leaving before the dinner had even really started.
—Becca Longmire, People.com, 5 Mar. 2025
Sylvan Lane, The Hill, 13 Oct. 2025
Some dogs became overexcited before play even began, forcing owners to physically restrain them from snatching the toys, Mazzini said.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025
If the offense continues to be electric, the fans might get overexcited.
—Jim Keyser, Idaho Statesman, 6 Sep. 2025
Last Thursday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told reporters at a private dinner that investors are overexcited about AI models.
—ArsTechnica, 21 Aug. 2025
Calm restored in the Treasury market, yields settling back slightly to quiet the overexcited talk about fiscal fissures.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 2 June 2025
After a brain injury, NMDA receptors can become overexcited, causing further cell death, so quieting these receptors might prevent additional damage.
—Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 29 May 2025
Team members become overexcited about their fantasy football teams, or individuals chat about the latest Netflix hit.
—Cheryl Robinson, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
However, some overexcited roadies (played by Kevin Nealon, Dana Carvey and Dennis Miller) resulted in Bertinelli getting up and leaving before the dinner had even really started.
—Becca Longmire, People.com, 5 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overexcited
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There are so many people who are excited to have me back in some capacity as Superman.—
Charles Infosino,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
23 Oct. 2025
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Today, scientists are extremely excited about how AI can be used to predict the way molecules interact, transforming areas like drug discovery and materials science.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
22 Oct. 2025
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Reading poetry out loud also requires us to pause for punctuation or line breaks, increasing our parasympathetic tone and dampening our hyperactive sympathetic nervous system.—
K.J.S. “Sunny” Anand,
Time,
15 Oct. 2025
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Consider children who have five inattentive symptoms and five hyperactive-impulsive symptoms.—
Carol Mathews,
The Conversation,
15 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Treg cells also control internal revolt in the form of an overactive immune response by other immune cells that can trigger allergies and autoimmune diseases such as arthritis, lupus and multiple sclerosis – diseases that develop when Treg cells are defective in either number, function or both.—
Mitzi Nagarkatti,
The Conversation,
10 Oct. 2025
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An overactive immune system also contributes.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
7 Oct. 2025
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In a September 15 TikTok video posted by user @belmelly, a dog sat in the backseat of a vehicle, agitated and barking nonstop.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025
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Two passengers later described him as agitated and angry.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
8 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Fancy a few nights by the water after immersing yourself in the hectic pace of Venice proper?—
Liam Hess,
Vogue,
13 Oct. 2025
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Traveling with pets can be a hectic endeavor, so don’t let your pet carrier add to the stress.—
Jessie Quinn,
USA Today,
11 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Made on a shoestring budget and thrumming with glittery dance-pop, Eberhardt's vibrant horror-comedy embraces the excesses of the era: the showy fashion, overwrought lingo, and obsession with all things mall.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Oct. 2025
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My goal was to publish one short, impactful, overwrought piece a week.—
James Parker,
The Atlantic,
30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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An 0-2 start to the season suddenly has a 4-1 feel to it after Marion and company celebrated a wild 40-35 victory over upstart Northern Colorado on Saturday night in front of a frenzied crowd of 20,022 at Hornet Stadium.—
Joe Davidson,
Sacbee.com,
19 Oct. 2025
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The disappearance of the Titan submersible launched a frenzied multinational search operation that stretched for days before its debris field was located at the bottom of the ocean.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
16 Oct. 2025
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Despite appearances to the contrary—the swirling sentences, the feverish intellection—there is nothing hermetic about Krasznahorkai’s work, both old and new, which squarely faces contemporary European reality and its perils, including the tortured dynamics of settlement, movement, and identity.—
James Wood,
New Yorker,
10 Oct. 2025
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Decorated former All-Stars, fireballing relievers, and useful utility players, all gone in a feverish streak of trades to clear the path to a messy rebuild.—
Jackson Roberts,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Overexcited.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overexcited. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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