high-octane

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Recent Examples of high-octane For years, the partnership helped NASCAR bolster its environmental consciousness, offering a platform to showcase biofuel's advantages in a high-octane sport. Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024 Although Back To The Future is coming to the end of its nearly 18-month run on Broadway, the cast and crew — as well as the team behind the movie — have been candid about their passion for the high-octane show. Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 3 Dec. 2024 The former Barcelona product, in his third season in MLS, is the unquestioned catalyst of the Galaxy’s high-octane offense. Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2024 Starring Kaya Scodelario and Gabriel Leone, the series will dramatize the high-octane exploits of the iconic Brazilian, who tragically died whilst racing in 1994. Max Goldbart, Deadline, 25 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for high-octane 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for high-octane
Adjective
  • Eventually, every artist runs out of mountains to climb, or—at the very least—needs a little help finding the high-test 92-octane fuel that can successfully power the creative engine that idles in their brain.
    Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 26 Apr. 2024
  • Rather than expend resources to designate a new lineup of high-test sport-utility vehicles, Chevrolet will call its subbrand a name synonymous with performance: Corvette.
    David Beard, Car and Driver, 13 Apr. 2023
Adjective
  • The undiluted isolationism of his campaign messaging could prove to be a straitjacket that paralyzes the Trump administration’s foreign policy at a critical time.
    Peter D. Feaver, Foreign Affairs, 6 Nov. 2024
  • His Benji is like a ball of pure, undiluted charisma, joyfully inquiring about strangers’ lives and leading his fellow tourists on a photo shoot in front of the Warsaw Uprising Monument.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 29 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • The seemingly unmixed demo made many social media users speculate whether the song was AI-generated before noted hip-hop commentator DJ Akademiks eventually played it — noticeably with some tweaks, like the omission of a line about P. Diddy and a different beat — on his livestream.
    Kyndall Cunningham, Vox, 7 May 2024
  • Monet’s unmixed dabs of paint are laid down on the surface of the canvas, just like the spots of fractured light of the orange sun quivering behind gray fog and flickering across the blue-green surface of the watery harbor at dawn.
    Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2024

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“High-octane.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/high-octane. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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