as in boiling
having a notably high temperature
the appeal of piping hot cocoa after an afternoon of shoveling snow
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Recent Examples of piping hot
The potato bread, made in house, is served piping hot.
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Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2025
Given the magnitude of the downside shock in the Aug. 1 payroll report , CPI would have had to come in piping hot to undermine the Street’s conviction that the window is wide open for the Fed to resume rate cuts in September.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 12 Aug. 2025
Place on the prepared baking sheet and cook in the oven for a further 5 minutes, until piping hot inside.
—Sami Tamimi
august 6, Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2025
Indeed, there are messy, complicated and outright mundane moments to every relationship — but those aren’t algorithmically climbing the ranks (unless the tea is piping hot, of course).
—Kameryn Griesser, CNN Money, 22 July 2025
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Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2025
Given the magnitude of the downside shock in the Aug. 1 payroll report , CPI would have had to come in piping hot to undermine the Street’s conviction that the window is wide open for the Fed to resume rate cuts in September.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 12 Aug. 2025
Place on the prepared baking sheet and cook in the oven for a further 5 minutes, until piping hot inside.
—Sami Tamimi
august 6, Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2025
Indeed, there are messy, complicated and outright mundane moments to every relationship — but those aren’t algorithmically climbing the ranks (unless the tea is piping hot, of course).
—Kameryn Griesser, CNN Money, 22 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for piping hot
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Agrawal and her team studied ionic liquids — salts that are liquid at sub-boiling temperatures (below 212 degrees Fahrenheit, or 100 degrees Celsius) — as a potential hospitable environment for life.—
Stefanie Waldek,
Space.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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One idea is that about a million years after the Big Bang, the universe cooled and underwent a phase transition, an event similar to how boiling water turns liquid into gas.—
Yasemin Saplakoglu,
Scientific American,
3 Mar. 2020
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Its lighter, more delicate texture is best suited to baking, poaching, or searing.—
Rachael Zimlich,
Verywell Health,
24 Oct. 2025
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Racking up enthusiastic reviews, Dave’s Hot Chicken has made a searing entry into the Boise market.—
Michael Deeds,
Idaho Statesman,
22 Oct. 2025
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From here, baking in the heat, general admission fans can watch elite guests queue for private hot laps, while VIP ticket holders dine at exclusive cantinas and hospitality areas.—
Patrick Iversen,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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The increasingly inaccessible real estate market is a hot topic among would-be homeowners these days, leaving shoppers looking for alternative options in the form of rentals, nomadic living, and yes, tiny homes.—
Merrell Readman,
Travel + Leisure,
25 Oct. 2025
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Please tell me the sequel could answer the most burning question of the ’00s: How could Austin not recognize Sam in that mask?—
Stephanie McNeal,
Glamour,
13 Aug. 2025
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Cooper, 30, asked Hargitay one more burning question about the actors' on-screen alter egos: will Olivia and Elliot ever end up together?—
Victoria Edel,
People.com,
26 June 2025
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For the Paris premiere, Kardashian wore an icy blue, body-hugging gown from Christian Dior’s spring 2000 collection by John Galliano—and later that night, slipped into a molten gold corset from Alexander McQueen’s summer 1997 Givenchy couture collection to celebrate her 45th birthday.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
23 Oct. 2025
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The most recent eruption occurred in June, spewing thick clouds of gas and molten rock as high as 4 miles into the air at some points.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Piping hot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/piping%20hot. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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