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Recent Examples of overexcited
Last Thursday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told reporters at a private dinner that investors are overexcited about AI models.
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ArsTechnica, 21 Aug. 2025
Calm restored in the Treasury market, yields settling back slightly to quiet the overexcited talk about fiscal fissures.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 2 June 2025
After a brain injury, NMDA receptors can become overexcited, causing further cell death, so quieting these receptors might prevent additional damage.
—Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 29 May 2025
Team members become overexcited about their fantasy football teams, or individuals chat about the latest Netflix hit.
—Cheryl Robinson, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
However, some overexcited roadies (played by Kevin Nealon, Dana Carvey and Dennis Miller) resulted in Bertinelli getting up and leaving before the dinner had even really started.
—Becca Longmire, People.com, 5 Mar. 2025
Swift showed up with her squad, got booed by overexcited Eagles fans, and made an enemy of President Donald J. Trump.
—Vulture Staff, Vulture, 9 Feb. 2025
ArsTechnica, 21 Aug. 2025
Calm restored in the Treasury market, yields settling back slightly to quiet the overexcited talk about fiscal fissures.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 2 June 2025
After a brain injury, NMDA receptors can become overexcited, causing further cell death, so quieting these receptors might prevent additional damage.
—Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 29 May 2025
Team members become overexcited about their fantasy football teams, or individuals chat about the latest Netflix hit.
—Cheryl Robinson, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
However, some overexcited roadies (played by Kevin Nealon, Dana Carvey and Dennis Miller) resulted in Bertinelli getting up and leaving before the dinner had even really started.
—Becca Longmire, People.com, 5 Mar. 2025
Swift showed up with her squad, got booed by overexcited Eagles fans, and made an enemy of President Donald J. Trump.
—Vulture Staff, Vulture, 9 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overexcited
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This year’s Fall Preview consists of all the entertainment — from TV to video games to theater — that Vulture writers and editors are excited to consume this season.—
Justin Davidson,
Vulture,
10 Sep. 2025
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The inclusion created viral moments around social media with BLACKPINK’s global fanbase excited to see the song’s inclusion and the Shazam charts showing clear curiosity from viewers to find out more about the music.—
Jeff Benjamin,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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But then Lacey was back with the kids, banging around in the kitchen, and the first of the evening’s friends and acquaintances began to show up and the blessedness passed, as had the roadrunner, hyperactive and vigilant and always on the make, gone off to seek somebody else’s snakes.—
T. Coraghessan Boyle,
New Yorker,
14 Sep. 2025
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Inattentive symptoms typically persist with age, while hyperactive ADHD symptoms often decline, according to the National Institutes of Health.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Restoring brain glucose levels calmed the overactive CCK interneurons, in turn regulating the function of those excitatory pyramidal neurons, and the short-term memory problems seen in the mice were resolved.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
11 Sep. 2025
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Despite the mess in her apartment, the man, like everyone else in her life, brushes off her fears as the exaggerations of an overactive imagination.—
Marya E. Gates,
IndieWire,
9 Sep. 2025
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Remember how agitated Laura got when Daniel scraped his knee mountain biking?—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
10 Sep. 2025
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As officers tried to determine if he was connected to the disturbance, Cusick allegedly became agitated and produced a firearm, Depue said earlier.—
Robert A. Cronkleton,
Kansas City Star,
3 Sep. 2025
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Being in nature is definitely a must for me, especially with the hectic nature of city life.—
R29 Team,
Refinery29,
10 Sep. 2025
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Ciabatta Dippers make for a cozy lunch break option or a quick-and-easy weeknight dinner for when things get a little too hectic.—
Abigail Wilt,
Southern Living,
10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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But instead of overwrought banker’s pinstripes, Armani did it his way, delivering formality in a softer and more feminine manner.—
Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
4 Sep. 2025
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The last act of The Stranger follows the young man through his imprisonment, trial and the weeks leading up to his execution, including a long and somewhat overwrought conversation with a priest (Swann Arlaud) hoping to read the inmate his last rites.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Waves of trilobite extinctions swept the oceans, and an ancient planet better known for its explosion of life now saw the ambition of this frenzied new animal world periodically stifled under a high-CO2 hothouse.—
Peter Brannen,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
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McCann went missing on May 3, 2007 while on holiday with her family in the Algarve town of Praia da Luz, sparking a frenzied search and gaining the attention of the world’s media.—
Reuters 22 hr ago,
CNN Money,
15 Sep. 2025
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Brian De Palma's lurid, almost feverish depiction of the bullying and abuse that Carrie White (Sissy Spacek) suffers at school and at home manages to feel empathetic rather than exploitative.—
James Grebey,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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But the feverish crowds are also seen in smaller arenas on the grounds, and not always in the best way.—
Ben Church,
CNN Money,
27 Aug. 2025
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“Overexcited.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overexcited. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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