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
Reinforce Change Management With Staged Rollouts As with any outage, Pennsylvania’s 911 failure highlighted how uncontrolled changes—whether in hardware, software or configurations—can disrupt critical systems.
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Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Justice notes these preoccupations often impact our wellness in subtle and overlooked ways that can add up to significant harm like sleep disturbance, irritability, uncontrolled worry, ruminating about the ‘what ifs,’ exhaustion, burnout, and over-functioning.
—Essence, 27 Aug. 2025
The more unfortunate incident happened with the Soviet Kosmos 954 reactor, which, after operating in orbit, experienced uncontrolled reentry and disintegrated over a 600-kilometer swath of Canadian territory.
—Emily Waltz, IEEE Spectrum, 22 Aug. 2025
On the flip side, uncontrolled access also left them at risk of disease and parasites and increased the likelihood of death or injury as a result of traffic or predation.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
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Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Justice notes these preoccupations often impact our wellness in subtle and overlooked ways that can add up to significant harm like sleep disturbance, irritability, uncontrolled worry, ruminating about the ‘what ifs,’ exhaustion, burnout, and over-functioning.
—Essence, 27 Aug. 2025
The more unfortunate incident happened with the Soviet Kosmos 954 reactor, which, after operating in orbit, experienced uncontrolled reentry and disintegrated over a 600-kilometer swath of Canadian territory.
—Emily Waltz, IEEE Spectrum, 22 Aug. 2025
On the flip side, uncontrolled access also left them at risk of disease and parasites and increased the likelihood of death or injury as a result of traffic or predation.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for uncontrolled
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This rampant, unauthorized AI use degrades the educational experience of individual students who overly rely on the technology and those who wish to avoid using it.—
Tyler Austin Harper,
The Atlantic,
11 Sep. 2025
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Speculation remains rampant that those three ACC schools will leave that league before the end of this decade for the SEC or Big Ten.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 Sep. 2025
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Anticipation is high for season 2 of High Potential, which emerged last year as a runaway hit for ABC.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Sep. 2025
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Though Broadcom hasn’t experienced Nvidia’s runaway sales growth, it is seen as a key AI beneficiary.—
Bloomberg,
Oc Register,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Uncontrolled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncontrolled. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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