as in rampant
showing no signs of being under control
a tirade filled with uncontrolled anger about what the government was doing
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Recent Examples of uncontrolled
Detractors argue that there is no need to add more of the compound on top of what naturally occurs in water and that distributing it via drinking water is an imprecise and uncontrolled way of dosing residents.
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Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2025
Keep your fingers crossed as this uncontrolled experiment is getting bigger each passing day.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025
Sepsis is a condition that leads to uncontrolled inflammation in the body and sometimes organ failure.
—Adrianna Rodriguez, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2025
And the risk of loss that comes with uncontrolled communications is profound.
—CBS News, 30 Mar. 2025
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Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2025
Keep your fingers crossed as this uncontrolled experiment is getting bigger each passing day.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025
Sepsis is a condition that leads to uncontrolled inflammation in the body and sometimes organ failure.
—Adrianna Rodriguez, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2025
And the risk of loss that comes with uncontrolled communications is profound.
—CBS News, 30 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for uncontrolled
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Breeding a climate of 'rumor and turmoil' Historians say papal gambling dates back at least to the 1400s and was rampant in 16th-century Rome.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA Today,
4 May 2025
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Everything was from outside our borders, crime is rampant, our economy is gone to help in a hand basket, and there was no growth whatsoever.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
1 May 2025
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Rookie of the Year Stephon Castle is runaway winner of a bad race The Spurs have back-to-back Rookie of the Year winners.—
Zach Harper,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2025
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But then, President Trump’s goals of reducing the country’s trade deficit, encouraging domestic manufacturing, and pressuring other countries to lower their trade barriers via his recent tariff moves primarily aim to address the country's runaway debt burden.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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“Uncontrolled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncontrolled. Accessed 11 May. 2025.
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