white heat

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Recent Examples of white heat In the white heat of wanting something so badly, self begins to melt. Sara Holdren, Vulture, 7 June 2024 Things are at white heat in all that part of the country and the citizens are almost demoralized. Jessie Balmert, The Enquirer, 15 May 2024 Throughout the 1980s, the Islamic Republic forged itself in the white heat of conflict, both foreign and domestic. Laura Secor, Foreign Affairs, 6 Dec. 2013 The white heat of technological progress can be blinding. Nicholas Bloom, Foreign Affairs, 7 June 2018 Empty days of blinding white heat gave way to nights of blood and ferment. Aatish Taseer, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2023 That all happened in a kind of white heat of panic. Chris Willman, Variety, 6 Oct. 2023 In the white heat, they may not even have been noticed. Rory Smith, New York Times, 10 May 2023 In addition, its Kingston FURY Beast DDR5 and Renegade DDR5 memory modules also received a makeover with the introduction of white heat spreaders to empower users to choose the color that best fits their individual style. Tom Coughlin, Forbes, 4 May 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for white heat
Noun
  • The challenge isn't new, but the intensity is unprecedented.
    Tomás O’Leary, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
  • There’s some intensity brewing now too, as power-hungry planet Pluto stations retrograde on May 4 in your sign.
    Nina Kahn, StyleCaster, 28 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • After so much enthusiasm and excitement following his winter move from Mercedes, reality is setting in for Lewis Hamilton at Ferrari.
    Luke Smith, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
  • The company was able to lean on the enthusiasm and raw, emotional responses that moviegoers, including social media influencers, were having to the film.
    Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Try to identify emotions beyond frustration, annoyance or other shades of anger.
    Caroline Fleck, Contributor, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2025
  • There are moments of levity scattered throughout, a necessity when dealing with subject matter as harsh and cold as inevitable mortality, but they're surgically placed to extract the most emotion out of the player.
    Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • For blue eyes, warm browns are always a win; on brown eyes, copper or bronze tones bring warmth and depth.
    Jenny Berg, Vogue, 2 May 2025
  • People often describe the feeling as that of ‘waves of warmth’, or tingling and light moving through them.
    Felicity Carter, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
Noun
  • In terms of violence, it's got plenty of gunfight and action scenes, plus one somewhat main character gets shot in the face early in the movie.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 3 May 2025
  • Those who have firsthand experience of that violence say actions speak louder than words.
    Helen Regan, CNN Money, 2 May 2025

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“White heat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/white%20heat. Accessed 6 May. 2025.

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