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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overheating
Verb
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Having them in the freezer means all that stands between me and a delicious, filling, mostly homemade dinner is heating them up in the oven for just over 10 minutes (an air fryer works too) and serving them with some quick roasted vegetables, pasta, and sauce.—
Alaina Chou,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
30 Oct. 2025 -
To discharge heat, a circulating air blower is turned on, pushing air up through the brick stack and heating it to over 1,000 °C before releasing it through an outlet.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
30 Oct. 2025
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Last week, relations between Washington and Moscow appeared to be warming after Trump held a call with Putin and did not approve Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's request for long-range Tomahawk missiles.—
Christian Orozco,
NBC news,
23 Oct. 2025
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More intense rainfall events from storms of all kinds are becoming more likely as warming temperatures prime the atmosphere to hold more water vapor.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Overheating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overheating. Accessed 1 Nov. 2025.
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