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
Low platelet counts increase the risk of uncontrolled bleeding.
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Lindsay Curtis, Health, 14 Sep. 2025
Then, uncontrolled, jerky movements develop as well as vision loss, dementia, and seizures.
—Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2025
Both infections and uncontrolled fevers during pregnancy have been linked to higher rates of autism.
—Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 10 Sep. 2025
While viral replication results in uncontrolled production of a large amounts of the protein, the way it’s produced by the mRNA vaccine is very different.
—Deborah Fuller, The Conversation, 3 Sep. 2025
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Lindsay Curtis, Health, 14 Sep. 2025
Then, uncontrolled, jerky movements develop as well as vision loss, dementia, and seizures.
—Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2025
Both infections and uncontrolled fevers during pregnancy have been linked to higher rates of autism.
—Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 10 Sep. 2025
While viral replication results in uncontrolled production of a large amounts of the protein, the way it’s produced by the mRNA vaccine is very different.
—Deborah Fuller, The Conversation, 3 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for uncontrolled
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His arrest and subsequent trial blew it over like a house of cards, though, tarnishing Combs' reputation with claims of domestic abuse, intimidation and rampant drug use.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
2 Oct. 2025
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Fuzzy thinking is rampant today!—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
29 Sep. 2025
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The show's runaway success and growing anticipation for the second season, which releases in December 2025, means revelers will surely be met with a sea of blue jumpsuits, ghoulish face paint and makeshift Pipboys this Halloween season for the second year in a row.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
4 Oct. 2025
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In August, a Florida jury decided that the family of another dead college student, this one killed by a runaway Tesla years ago, should be awarded more than $240 million in damages.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Uncontrolled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncontrolled. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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