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Recent Examples of overheated
Sergei Klebnikov, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
The Fed will raise rates to cool down an overheated economy and clamp down on inflation.
—Susan Tompor, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2025
Without an independent entity to help slow an overheated economy, inflation surges and consumers end up paying higher prices.
—Laurent Belsie, Christian Science Monitor, 21 Apr. 2025
As a result, home prices are now falling in some of the most overheated markets during the pandemic.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 2025
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For more aggressive investors, Venture offers a growth-at-a-reasonable-price strategy that seeks to capture long-term capital appreciation without chasing overheated momentum stocks.
—Sergei Klebnikov, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
The Fed will raise rates to cool down an overheated economy and clamp down on inflation.
—Susan Tompor, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2025
Without an independent entity to help slow an overheated economy, inflation surges and consumers end up paying higher prices.
—Laurent Belsie, Christian Science Monitor, 21 Apr. 2025
As a result, home prices are now falling in some of the most overheated markets during the pandemic.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overheated
Adjective
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Collin Morikawa still has not recovered his cool from his heated exchange with a reporter during his pre-tournament press conference.—
Julio Cesar Valdera Morales,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 June 2025
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It was followed by Israel and Iran indulging in a heated military exchange, a subsequent but hitherto empty threat to close the Strait of Hormuz by Tehran, and a bombing by the U.S. of Iran’s nuclear facilities.—
Gaurav Sharma,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
Verb
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Shore likes to use Canadian bacon for recipes that call for subtle smoke, where the lean meat is rolled or layered with a richer substance like béchamel or hollandaise and gently warmed.—
Stacey Lastoe,
Southern Living,
25 Dec. 2024
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Water vapor helps trap heat and could also have warmed the planet.—
Lauren Sommer,
NPR,
24 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Its oldest crystals formed 4.51 billion years ago from the stream of molten matter that got blasted off Earth by a giant impact event.—
Robin Andrews,
Wired News,
15 June 2025
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At the same time, however, Bush sought to address some of the underlying issues — the racist history of the LAPD, chief among them — that festered for decades before exploding into molten rage.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2025
Adjective
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Start in the city of Cheyenne for some history about cowboys and railroads, then wind through Medicine Bow National Forest for rock climbing or a hike among the reddish igneous rock formations of Vedauwoo.—
Chloe Arrojado,
AFAR Media,
11 June 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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“Overheated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overheated. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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