overheating

verb

present participle of overheat
as in heating

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  1. heating
  2. warming
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  • Pittsburgh sees cooler temperatures after severe storms A cold front after the thunderstorms was set to bring cooler weather to Pittsburgh for the next several days, with temperatures heating back up again toward the start of next week.
    — Finch Walker, USA Today, 21 July 2026
  • One of the biggest energy demands is heating and cooling the house.
    — Jennifer Castenson, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
Definition of heating
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  • In Kuwait, for example, summer nights are warming faster than summer days, cutting the overnight cooling period that people and infrastructure need to function.
    — Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 29 July 2026
  • Europe is the world’s fastest-warming continent, warming at more than twice the global average, according to the European Union’s Copernicus climate service.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 July 2026
Definition of warming
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