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
Last year saw the sudden closure of NeueHouse, a once white-hot club and co-working space whose membership spanned Hollywood, media, fashion and tech.
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George Gurley, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2026
York has weaponized those 2 inches, in turn, into a kind of white-hot lava that his peers at Temple High and Texas A&M have never quite seen before.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 8 May 2026
The stone, a little white-hot comet, flew in a tight, mean line across the expanse.
—Chang-Rae Lee, New Yorker, 3 May 2026
Amanda says that being at MSG means being at the white-hot center of the cultural conversation.
—Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2026
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George Gurley, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2026
York has weaponized those 2 inches, in turn, into a kind of white-hot lava that his peers at Temple High and Texas A&M have never quite seen before.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 8 May 2026
The stone, a little white-hot comet, flew in a tight, mean line across the expanse.
—Chang-Rae Lee, New Yorker, 3 May 2026
Amanda says that being at MSG means being at the white-hot center of the cultural conversation.
—Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for white-hot
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Crisping the perfect pizza crust on a baking steel, searing steaks on a grill, draining a pot of scalding pasta water, or pulling a hot potato from an oven—none of these are the time or place to play it fast and loose.—
Adam Campbell-Schmitt,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
17 June 2026
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In April the hearing resumed with three searing days of testimony.—
Karen Valby,
Vanity Fair,
16 June 2026
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More humane methods of killing lobsters pre-boiling include a sharp knife through the head, electrical stunning, or freezing.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
29 Dec. 2025
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Agrawal and her team studied ionic liquids — salts that are liquid at sub-boiling temperatures (below 212 degrees Fahrenheit, or 100 degrees Celsius) — as a potential hospitable environment for life.—
Stefanie Waldek,
Space.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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An Irvine dog trainer who operated Happy K9 Academy was convicted of killing 11 dogs by keeping them in small crates in a hot van and lying to the pets’ owners about the deaths, authorities said.—
Seamus Bozeman
Follow,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
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Oklahoma’s bats remained scorching hot, racking up 12 hits - including five more home runs - and got a quality start from freshman Nick Wesloski.—
Hunter DeLauder,
AJC.com,
18 June 2026
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Some people drove or walked by, staring, and a video of the cross-burning gained traction online.—
Hallie Golden,
Los Angeles Times,
10 June 2026
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An important insider just shed light on one of the most burning questions in reality TV.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 May 2026
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The flipping technique for his classic, beautifully molten-on-the-inside Spanish tortilla takes a good amount of practice to master.—
General Manager,
Los Angeles Times,
14 June 2026
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Xcimer intends to address this by using a moving curtain of molten salt inside the reactor chamber instead of a static solid wall.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
11 June 2026
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“White-hot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/white-hot. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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