as in frenzy
a state of wildly excited activity or emotion
in the deliriousness of the emergency evacuation, a lot of things were overlooked
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Noun
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The dampened investor mood over AI — relative to the frenzy over the theme in 2024, at least — doesn’t reflect the priorities of companies, which are still spending on AI infrastructure and leveraging the technology to find new revenue streams.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
21 May 2025 -
Today’s tariff frenzy is not really motivated by a concern for military threats, anyway.—
Ben Bayer,
Oc Register,
19 May 2025
Noun
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Aniston, now 56, played a girl trying to stop his murderous rampage after his gold coins were stolen.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
People.com,
23 May 2025
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The probes said Byrd acted in self-defense and credited him with helping to protect lawmakers during the chaotic rampage by rioters including Babbitt, who was not armed.—
Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
19 May 2025
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Laurie Whitwell has captured the delirium of their run (and reminded me of the relevance of Haji Wright’s toenail).—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
21 May 2025
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Machover’s score for 15 instruments is its own complex delirium.—
Mark Swed,
Los Angeles Times,
20 May 2025
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“Deliriousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deliriousness. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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