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Recent Examples of overexuberant
But in a context mostly stripped of overt story, the movements feel more extreme, and even overexuberant, as if let loose from jail: not just high kicks but kicks so high the shins bang the face.
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Jesse Green, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2023
Woodward cautions overexuberant members of the NFT community from being too jubilant.
—Chris Stokel-Walker, Wired, 21 Jan. 2022
By that time scientists were zeroing in on overexuberant inflammation as a key feature of severe COVID.
—Esther Landhuis, Scientific American, 12 Nov. 2021
Now, as the company pursues a SPAC, the question is, is Ginkgo’s eye-popping valuation emblematic of an overexuberant SPAC market, or the result of a company finding the right tool to communicate and capitalize on a truly transformative business idea?
—Adam Bluestein, Fortune, 8 July 2021
Jesse Green, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2023
Woodward cautions overexuberant members of the NFT community from being too jubilant.
—Chris Stokel-Walker, Wired, 21 Jan. 2022
By that time scientists were zeroing in on overexuberant inflammation as a key feature of severe COVID.
—Esther Landhuis, Scientific American, 12 Nov. 2021
Now, as the company pursues a SPAC, the question is, is Ginkgo’s eye-popping valuation emblematic of an overexuberant SPAC market, or the result of a company finding the right tool to communicate and capitalize on a truly transformative business idea?
—Adam Bluestein, Fortune, 8 July 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overexuberant
Adjective
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In the corner of the yard, the rooster is crowing away in boisterous voice.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Apr. 2026
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That lineage comes through in their ungovernable guitar noodling, inspired by underground icons NRBQ and Bottle Rockets, and a boisterous energy befitting of drunken basement shows.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
22 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The manic, madcap, chaotic and silly stunt show was heavy on exposition to the delight of the fans who cheered the entrance of every One Piece character and laughed at the downfall of paper-thin goon.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
24 Apr. 2026
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And so a very silly conversation leads to a series of positions that are far from frivolous.—
Thomas Chatterton Williams,
The Atlantic,
23 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The new league was started by William Hulbert, owner of the Chicago team, after the National Association collapsed because of issues ranging from corruption to rowdy, drunken ballplayers to gambling factions that damaged the integrity of the game.—
Kirk Kenney,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Apr. 2026
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The pair were in Tuscaloosa over the weekend to play in front of a rowdy and packed house at Bryant-Denny Stadium, and that included giving fans a look at some new music.—
David Hookstead OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
20 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Planning commission meetings in Joliet, Illinois, aren’t typically raucous affairs.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
22 Apr. 2026
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The Bruins quieted the raucous Buffalo crowd when star center Morgan Geekie buried a slap shot into the back of the net from the high slot to give them a 1-0 lead about 11 minutes into the first period.—
Ryan Canfield,
FOXNews.com,
20 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Eurodance with the bass-heavy Swedish genre EPA-dunk and 3Cha—the giddy electronic dance music from Thaiboy’s home region of Isaan in Thailand—to form a new kind of globalist hyperpop.—
Harry Thorfinn-George,
Pitchfork,
27 Apr. 2026
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Their struggle has upturned the tabletop candle that illuminates the scene and any moment will surely extinguish it, effacing the giddy pattern formed by the writhing bodies and glowing, veiny bladder skin.—
Julian Bell,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Douglas, for one, was ecstatic about the opportunity to reunite with his former teammate.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
25 Apr. 2026
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Practitioners can find more than 180 classes per week at The Yoga Barn, an epicenter of yin, vinyasa, Hatha, and kundalini, plus meditation, sound healing, and ecstatic dance.—
Kathryn Romeyn,
Travel + Leisure,
24 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Perhaps relieved from the heavy themes that preceded it, the crowd exploded into a euphoric celebration of singing and dancing.—
Ben Crandell,
Sun Sentinel,
24 Apr. 2026
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On the Sonora stage Sunday, the 22-year-old Newark rapper-producer who arrived at the current screaming catharsis via a circuit of molting SoundCloud-era microgenres was at once dangerously commanding and euphoric while tearing through highlights from last year’s Revengeseekerz.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
21 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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He was met with rapturous standing ovations at the New York Philharmonic and San Francisco Symphony upon his return to the stage months later.—
Jessica Gelt,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2026
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In his first-ever CinemaCon stage appearance, Spielberg received a rapturous standing ovation and showed some intriguing Disclosure Day footage which helped lessen some of the box office uncertainty surrounding the title.—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Apr. 2026
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“Overexuberant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overexuberant. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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