as in searing
having a notably high temperature
the molten mass was still white-hot when the glassblower began to work his magic
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Recent Examples of white-hot
Demerzel shields the embryo with her body, and both are incinerated, vanishing in a white-hot instant, love and code consumed together.
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Jp Mangalindan, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
This isn't the first time sportsbooks have used the white-hot spotlight around and popularity of the couple as a business opportunity.
—Nbc News, NBC news, 26 Aug. 2025
In the white-hot crypto trading environment, where market opportunities can appear and disappear in hours, the temptation is to optimize for pure speed.
—Tarun Galagali, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
Where else but McNally’s still-white-hot celebreteria Balthazar.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2025
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Jp Mangalindan, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
This isn't the first time sportsbooks have used the white-hot spotlight around and popularity of the couple as a business opportunity.
—Nbc News, NBC news, 26 Aug. 2025
In the white-hot crypto trading environment, where market opportunities can appear and disappear in hours, the temptation is to optimize for pure speed.
—Tarun Galagali, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
Where else but McNally’s still-white-hot celebreteria Balthazar.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for white-hot
Adjective
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Cooked this way, the chicken will turn out juicy and tender, while the crust of the chicken is crisp from the searing process.—
Jasmine Smith,
Southern Living,
11 Oct. 2025
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The searing layer of magma beneath the planet’s crust continuously releases heat through the decay of radioactive elements such as uranium (U) and potassium (K).—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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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
Adjective
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As in, water not hot or not hot enough for sanitization.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
11 Oct. 2025
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The Lions are the NFL’s hottest team, with a four-game winning streak, and own the NFL’s best record at 31-8 since the start of the 2023 season.—
Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
11 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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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
Adjective
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While the rest of his body was a meandering ghost, his eyes were molten rage-arrows piercing the other people onstage.—
Betty Gilpin,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Oct. 2025
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To physically produce this new, strong, small-precipitate alloy, the team realized 3D printing would be the way to go instead of traditional metal casting, in which molten liquid aluminum is poured into a mold and is left to cool and harden.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Oct. 2025
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“White-hot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/white-hot. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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