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Recent Examples of overheated
Colson Thayer, People.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Her overheated laptop was whirring and burning on her stomach.
—Mona Awad, New Yorker, 20 July 2025
It’s all quite overheated even before the arrival of the eponymous Johnny Guitar (Sterling Hayden), when director Nicholas Ray turns up the heat even further — almost literally in a fiery climax.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 18 July 2025
But ever since Beijing attempted to reel in an overheated real estate sector—in the process collapsing its property bubble—VW has steadily lost volume.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 15 July 2025
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Adjective
This occurs when a battery is damaged, overheated, exposed to water, overcharged or improperly packed.
—Colson Thayer, People.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Her overheated laptop was whirring and burning on her stomach.
—Mona Awad, New Yorker, 20 July 2025
It’s all quite overheated even before the arrival of the eponymous Johnny Guitar (Sterling Hayden), when director Nicholas Ray turns up the heat even further — almost literally in a fiery climax.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 18 July 2025
But ever since Beijing attempted to reel in an overheated real estate sector—in the process collapsing its property bubble—VW has steadily lost volume.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 15 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overheated
Adjective
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In the summer, mountain temperatures have risen to 30 degrees Celsius (86 Fahrenheit) and left reindeer over-heated and unable to graze enough to gain the weight needed to sustain them in winter.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
7 Sep. 2025
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At an afterparty, the two men became involved in a heated exchange, Wright told the grand jury.—
Gina Barton,
USA Today,
7 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Manabe and colleagues found that the Southern Ocean warmed very slowly when atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations increased because the surface waters were continually being replenished by these upwelling abyssal waters, which hadn’t yet warmed.—
Nadir Jeevanjee,
The Conversation,
3 Sep. 2025
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Switzerland has warmed at a rate twice the global average.—
Daniel A. Gross,
New Yorker,
27 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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For now, we’re left to dine on reheated leftovers.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
22 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Former Chicago Mayor Richard Daley toasted the city’s first hydrogen bus in 1995 with a glass of water collected from its tailpipe.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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The sundae features vanilla ice cream, hot fudge, pistachio butter, and crispy toasted kataifi.—
Marina Johnson,
The Courier-Journal,
3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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This cake is best slightly underbaked so the center is molten like a lava cake.—
The New York Times News Service Syndicate,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Sep. 2025
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To bring sand to its molten state, the furnace must be heated to over 2,700 degrees Fahrenheit (1,500 degrees Celisus) for as long as 50 hours, which requires burning fossil fuels such as natural gas, releasing greenhouse gases.—
Aki Ishida,
The Conversation,
10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Whitehouse argues that these crystals formed in an igneous rock 2.8 billion years ago and then were eroded, washed into the sea, and settled in the silt.—
Howard Lee,
ArsTechnica,
11 Aug. 2025
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This is difficult to accurately document in the field, as single eruptions tend to merge together, forming an apparent uniform igneous rock formation.—
David Bressan,
Forbes.com,
31 July 2025
Adjective
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Harry clutching a red-hot doorknob, Marv taking a paint can to the face — right up to the gruesome sound effect, then had the music stand down for the sizzling or thwacking payoff.—
Tim Greiving,
Vulture,
3 Sep. 2025
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Savory Plus Sweet Walk into the 7,000-square-foot lodge-style building, and you’re met by the unmistakable scent of sizzling sausage.—
Libby Monteith Minor,
Southern Living,
30 Aug. 2025
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“Overheated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overheated. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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