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Recent Examples of overheated
David Faris, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 2025
In the early 1990s, home values plummeted following an overheated market in the mid-to-late 1980s.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 21 Apr. 2025
While the rise of inventory in some of the state's most overheated markets is now contributing to bringing home prices down in these metros, Florida is still struggling with a lack of affordable homes.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 2025
Nothing but quick and shocking outbursts of violence can pierce the movie’s surfaces of overheated restraint.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
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As a result, home prices are now falling in some of the most overheated markets during the pandemic.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 2025
In the early 1990s, home values plummeted following an overheated market in the mid-to-late 1980s.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 21 Apr. 2025
While the rise of inventory in some of the state's most overheated markets is now contributing to bringing home prices down in these metros, Florida is still struggling with a lack of affordable homes.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 2025
Nothing but quick and shocking outbursts of violence can pierce the movie’s surfaces of overheated restraint.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overheated
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In a dramatic and unprecedented move Tuesday, the Florida Board of Governors voted 10–6 to reject Santa J. Ono’s nomination as the University of Florida’s next president in a heated session that more closely resembled a Senate confirmation hearing than the typical rubber-stamp vote.—
Garrett Shanley,
Miami Herald,
3 June 2025
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Nine maps were submitted by citizens, Precinct 2 Commissioner Alisa Simmons said during heated debate at Tuesday’s meeting.—
Cody Copeland,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 June 2025
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Shore likes to use Canadian bacon for recipes that call for subtle smoke, where the lean meat is rolled or layered with a richer substance like béchamel or hollandaise and gently warmed.—
Stacey Lastoe,
Southern Living,
25 Dec. 2024
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Water vapor helps trap heat and could also have warmed the planet.—
Lauren Sommer,
NPR,
24 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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The molten mass then pours downwards to reveal the title of the single, hardening into a glinting ornate script made of diamonds and lined in gold.—
Glenn Rowley,
Billboard,
5 June 2025
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In a nutshell, FDM printers produce objects via a nozzle that moves back and forth over a print bed, depositing a filament of molten thermoplastic in successive layers.—
Ben Coxworth,
New Atlas,
4 June 2025
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Mafic igneous rock is a material rich in specific minerals that forms when magma cools.—
Kate S. Petersen,
USA TODAY,
21 Feb. 2025
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The park’s seven-acre boulder field contains piles of large diabase (an igneous rock) stones formed some 175 million years ago that sound like bells when hit with a hammer.—
Emily Matchar,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 Jan. 2025
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“Overheated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overheated. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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