as in searing
having a notably high temperature
the molten mass was still white-hot when the glassblower began to work his magic
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Recent Examples of white-hot
Officially solidified as a white-hot team, Disney took notice (despite the profanity).
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Katcy Stephan, Variety, 20 Dec. 2024
Davis’ white-hot event is celebrating its 50th anniversary.
—Mesfin Fekadu, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Dec. 2024
Combustible pundit Nancy Grace has long languished in YouTube irrelevancy, but her hyper-sensational show makes a fitting vehicle for this white-hot topic.
—Joe Berkowitz, Vulture, 15 Dec. 2024
Carly Pearce favored a white-hot, monochrome look for her red carpet attire at the 2024 CMA Awards on Wednesday in Nashville.
—Julia Teti, WWD, 21 Nov. 2024
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Katcy Stephan, Variety, 20 Dec. 2024
Davis’ white-hot event is celebrating its 50th anniversary.
—Mesfin Fekadu, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Dec. 2024
Combustible pundit Nancy Grace has long languished in YouTube irrelevancy, but her hyper-sensational show makes a fitting vehicle for this white-hot topic.
—Joe Berkowitz, Vulture, 15 Dec. 2024
Carly Pearce favored a white-hot, monochrome look for her red carpet attire at the 2024 CMA Awards on Wednesday in Nashville.
—Julia Teti, WWD, 21 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for white-hot
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At the end of the day, room could not be found for even Marianne Jean-Baptiste, a past Oscar nominee who swept the major critics awards for her searing turn in Hard Truths, or Angelina Jolie, a past Oscar winner and the A-lister of A-listers, who seemed an early front-runner for the biopic Maria.—
Scott Feinberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
23 Jan. 2025
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Working for New York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller in California’s 1964 Republican presidential primary, the pair ran a searing campaign against Arizona Sen. Barry Goldwater, falling just shy of an upset.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Jan. 2025
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One idea is that about a million years after the Big Bang, the universe cooled and underwent a phase transition, an event similar to how boiling water turns liquid into gas.—
Yasemin Saplakoglu,
Scientific American,
3 Mar. 2020
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If candy is still stuck on, pour more boiling water over whatever hasn’t come clean.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
3 Dec. 2019
Adjective
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Consuming Cold Food and Beverages The simplest ice hack for weight loss is drinking ice-cold beverages (especially water), placing ice in your drinks, or consuming food that’s cold (rather than hot or room temperature).—
Heidi Moawad,
Verywell Health,
22 Jan. 2025
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JetBlue in October announced economy passengers would no longer be served hot meals on transatlantic fights.—
Kate Gibson,
CBS News,
22 Jan. 2025
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Ben Johnson has a ‘burning desire’ to be a head coach.—
Colleen Kane,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Jan. 2025
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For answers to more burning questions about Season 2, plus Season 3 clues (including which Season 1 character will be coming back), read Deadline’s interview with The Night Agent showrunner Shawn Ryan.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
24 Jan. 2025
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These large pockets of molten material rise through the Earth from deep inside its interior, much like the movement in a lava lamp.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
23 Jan. 2025
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Their research suggested that a Mars-size object crashed into the early Earth, jettisoning molten material into space.—
Francis Nimmo,
JSTOR Daily,
9 Jan. 2025
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“White-hot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/white-hot. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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