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Recent Examples of overexuberant
But in a context mostly stripped of overt story, the movements feel more extreme, and even overexuberant, as if let loose from jail: not just high kicks but kicks so high the shins bang the face.
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Jesse Green, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2023
Now, as the company pursues a SPAC, the question is, is Ginkgo’s eye-popping valuation emblematic of an overexuberant SPAC market, or the result of a company finding the right tool to communicate and capitalize on a truly transformative business idea?
—Adam Bluestein, Fortune, 8 July 2021
Woodward cautions overexuberant members of the NFT community from being too jubilant.
—Chris Stokel-Walker, Wired, 21 Jan. 2022
By that time scientists were zeroing in on overexuberant inflammation as a key feature of severe COVID.
—Esther Landhuis, Scientific American, 12 Nov. 2021
Jesse Green, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2023
Now, as the company pursues a SPAC, the question is, is Ginkgo’s eye-popping valuation emblematic of an overexuberant SPAC market, or the result of a company finding the right tool to communicate and capitalize on a truly transformative business idea?
—Adam Bluestein, Fortune, 8 July 2021
Woodward cautions overexuberant members of the NFT community from being too jubilant.
—Chris Stokel-Walker, Wired, 21 Jan. 2022
By that time scientists were zeroing in on overexuberant inflammation as a key feature of severe COVID.
—Esther Landhuis, Scientific American, 12 Nov. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overexuberant
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The firebrand German director now blasts the cobwebs off Chekhov with boisterous, dazzling delight.—
Demetrios Matheou,
The Hollywood Reporter,
7 Mar. 2025
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With the boisterous fanboy Conan O’Brien at the helm, the show leaned into the kind of excess the production tended to avoid during the snarkier rein of Jimmy Kimmel.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
3 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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This will especially appeal to the silly preschoolers in the group!—
Amanda Rock,
Parents,
5 Mar. 2025
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Using medieval art as one resource, Ariès pointed out that children were often portrayed as miniature adults, without special attributes, such as plump features or silly behaviors, that might mark them as fundamentally different from their older counterparts.—
Anna Mae Duane,
The Conversation,
5 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Trump’s rowdy speech — a litany of actions taken during his first 43 days in office and a list of his plans for the future — was interrupted by some Democratic legislators in the House chamber.—
Stephen Battaglio,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2025
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The action unfolds at nine stadiums spanning the Phoenix metro region — in Tempe, Peoria, Mesa, Goodyear and Scottsdale — as Bay Area fans rush to the region to enjoy a rowdy, sports-heavy celebration with plenty of rivalry matchups.—
Nora Heston Tarte,
The Mercury News,
3 Feb. 2025
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In any event Marshall, a craven idiot, is a raucous, vulgar sendup of the bedrock American principle of Manifest Destiny.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
7 Mar. 2025
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Pedro Pascal, Ben Mendelsohn and Jay Ellis co star in this raucous LSD-like trip from two filmmakers who know this turf and that era ever so well – Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden.—
Randy Myers,
The Mercury News,
7 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The crowd - like at almost every cricket ground in the world when India plays - was partisan for the men in blue with giddy fans riding the emotion of every twist and turn of a gripping final.—
Tristan Lavalette,
Forbes,
10 Mar. 2025
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Even today, Leach said people are more giddy about meeting her mother than the assistant chief.—
Nick Sullivan,
Charlotte Observer,
20 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Considering the way the Hornets (14-44) fared in the three outings leading into their date with the Mavericks, Lee was probably downright ecstatic.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
28 Feb. 2025
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Rodriguez said her team got impatient but was ecstatic to see Funez deliver the winner.—
San Diego Union-Tribune,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Shah, naturally, was euphoric after India’s four-wicket victory over New Zealand was complete.—
Tristan Lavalette,
Forbes,
10 Mar. 2025
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In the 1990s, as a street drug known as Special K, ketamine took ravers to euphoric states.—
Shayla Love,
The Atlantic,
5 Mar. 2025
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Tennessee is a beautiful state, especially in the fall, when tulip poplars, sugar maples and hickory trees turn bright red, gold and copper, making the drive as joyful as the destination.—
Colleen Creamer,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Mar. 2025
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Now, the parents are reflecting on the joyful day — and baby Cora’s unusual birth story.—
Anna Lazarus Caplan,
People.com,
5 Mar. 2025
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“Overexuberant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overexuberant. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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