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as in padded
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as in hyper
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hyped-up
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The reports of Andrews’ 2024 demise were greatly exaggerated.—
Bill Reinhard,
New York Daily News,
9 Jan. 2025 -
However, the study cautions that claims of enhanced accuracy through advanced computational methods are often exaggerated.—
Bruce Gil,
Quartz,
9 Jan. 2025
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Listen to this article A new management company at Carlsbad’s Windsor Pointe supportive housing project faces the daunting task of turning around the facility’s troubled reputation.—
Phil Diehl,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Jan. 2025
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The troubled Metropolitan Detention Center jail in Brooklyn has just two doctors on staff to care for its more than 1,100 inmates, and an opening for a third physician has gone unfilled for nearly a decade.—
John Annese,
New York Daily News,
19 Jan. 2025
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Those takeaways were an instrumental part of Denver’s formula in a 24-22 upset.—
Nick Kosmider,
The Athletic,
9 Jan. 2025
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One of my acquaintances is upset because her favorite place to get glasses is no longer in her plan’s network.—
Diane Omdahl,
Forbes,
9 Jan. 2025
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Lawmakers rarely mention the attack, and many Republicans try to downplay it, echoing President-elect Donald Trump’s false claims that the carnage of that day is overblown and that the rioters are victims.—
Mary Clare Jalonick,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Jan. 2025
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This suggests the recent hit to shares could be overblown.—
Pia Singh,
CNBC,
4 Jan. 2025
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John Bardeen, Leon Cooper, and John Robert Schrieffer figured out that at low temperatures, a material’s jittery atomic lattice quiets down, so more delicate effects come through.—
Charlie Wood,
WIRED,
12 Jan. 2025
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In the fall of 1856, a jittery, fractious republic girded itself for a presidential election that would decide its fate.—
Matthew Karp,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Dec. 2024
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Coin Heist, adapted from Elisa Ludwig’s YA novel, follows in the footsteps of The Breakfast Club by uniting high schoolers who otherwise wouldn’t give each other the time of day: a hacker, the headmaster’s slacker son, a football phenom on a scholarship, and an uptight brainiac.—
Sara Netzley,
EW.com,
8 Jan. 2025
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During Franklin’s tenure, he’s often come across publicly as too uptight.—
Audrey Snyder,
The Athletic,
7 Jan. 2025
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Others might be more high-strung, trying to live up to the older sibling's example or carve out their own identity.—
Emily Edlynn,
Parents,
8 Jan. 2025
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Her perception of things is a lot more high-strung than mine.—
Kate Hogan,
Peoplemag,
28 May 2024
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But that didn’t stop Greenbaum from being a little nervous about screening the film for Harper and Will.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
12 Jan. 2025
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During this time, his nervous pacing was broken by fits of crying and sobbing.—
Al Wolter,
Outdoor Life,
10 Jan. 2025
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