as in frantic
marked by great and often stressful excitement or activity
the frenetic rush to get every member of the cast in place before the curtain went up
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Recent Examples of frenetic
Musk, normally a frenetic poster, had very little to say about politics last night, pecking out just a handful of terse messages to his 218.5 million followers.
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Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 2 Apr. 2025
Emotionally devastating moments followed the frenetic pace of spending much more time performing and recording music than relaxing and enjoying the spoils of success.
—Marcus K. Dowling, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2025
But in the closing weeks, the offense became over reliant on Hidalgo’s frenetic scoring — and unwieldy on her rare off nights.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 28 Mar. 2025
Dribbling with frenetic pace, Lema lined up a shot just outside Louisville’s 18 and struck gold, tucking the ball in the top right corner of the net.
—Christian Babcock, The Mercury News, 23 Mar. 2025
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Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 2 Apr. 2025
Emotionally devastating moments followed the frenetic pace of spending much more time performing and recording music than relaxing and enjoying the spoils of success.
—Marcus K. Dowling, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2025
But in the closing weeks, the offense became over reliant on Hidalgo’s frenetic scoring — and unwieldy on her rare off nights.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 28 Mar. 2025
Dribbling with frenetic pace, Lema lined up a shot just outside Louisville’s 18 and struck gold, tucking the ball in the top right corner of the net.
—Christian Babcock, The Mercury News, 23 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for frenetic
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When intentionally chosen, the right scent can even shift your mood—lifting you out of a listless haze or helping ease a frantic pace.—
Lauren Thomann,
Better Homes & Gardens,
9 Apr. 2025
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Meanwhile, the phone calls for additional funding became more frantic from producers.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
9 Apr. 2025
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Martin’s work has taken on a furious pace in the past few months amid the Trump administration’s campaign against diversity, equity and inclusion protocols and health, welfare and Medicaid cuts that will fall hard on vulnerable Black Americans.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
28 Mar. 2025
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The Leafs hatched a furious last-minute comeback to force overtime, only to lose 6-5 in a shootout to the Sharks, Toronto’s second such loss to San Jose this month.—
Jonas Siegel,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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Ricky Steamboat From Clash Of The Champions 6 The intense rivalry between Ricky Steamboat and Flair produced some of the most celebrated matches in professional wrestling history.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2025
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The process has ignited intense public pushback from Luna to not only leadership, but her one-time allies in the Freedom Caucus.—
Emily Brooks,
The Hill,
1 Apr. 2025
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This alarming probability briefly landed the asteroid atop impact risk lists maintained by NASA and the European Space Agency, triggering planetary defense discussions and prompting intensive follow-up observations to refine the object's trajectory.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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If the proposal gets legislative approval in Healey’s roughly $62 billion budget request, the Bay State would lose its only intensive residential treatment program for children between the ages of 6 and 12 who are suffering from suicidal and/or homicidal ideations or other complex needs.—
Lance Reynolds,
Boston Herald,
29 Mar. 2025
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And the maddest thing of all is the AI Generator, who wants to marry her!—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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Then, using his talents playing the lyre and singing psalms, David grew to be a supportive comfort to the possibly mad King Saul (Ali Suliman) as well as begin a romance with Saul’s daughter, Michal (Indy Lewis).—
Jim Halterman,
Variety,
3 Apr. 2025
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The Jackson estate explicitly wanted nothing about Chandler in the film, so fact that the allegations do appear has led to a fierce internal dispute and extensive reshoots, Deadline has confirmed.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
2 Apr. 2025
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The sky-high prices caused fierce backlash against Ticketmaster, the country’s biggest ticketing website and concert promoter, from lawmakers who accused the company of acting as a monopoly.—
Samantha Delouya,
CNN Money,
31 Mar. 2025
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“Frenetic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frenetic. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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