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as in agitated
being in a state of increased activity or agitation
a heated discussion about who should pay for the pizza
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as in warmed
having or giving off heat to a moderate degree
early settlers put heated bricks under the blankets to keep warm
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as in toasted
to cause to have or give off heat to a moderate degree
heat water for tea heat the oven to 350 degrees before you put the cake in
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Recent Examples of heated
Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025
After months of heated public discourse and deliberation, the Boston School Committee approved the latest round of changes to exam school admissions.
—Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
Caché McClay, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
The nearby cabana is heated for year-round use, also offering a space to lounge or chow down on burgers cooked in the outdoor kitchen.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 6 Nov. 2025
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Adjective
The next day, the sisters had a heated argument about their children's joint trick-or-treating schedule.
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The oil ritual can be heated or used as-is to provide deep moisture to the hair and scalp all while adding shine and softness.
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But Colcord kept probing, and Lowell grew agitated.—
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Players from both teams shoved in front of the Providence bench, with Jones stepping in the middle as an agitated Ejiofor exchanged words with Powell.—
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The freezing festivities were warmed by the menu of Captain Roy's and drinks.—
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Later on, a smaller group of us from the ship recalled feeling absolutely out of sorts as we were guided into a large communal space, stripped out of our robes, and each scrubbed and bathed on top of our own warmed marble slabs.—
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Scherzinger glowed with an excited expression, her arms raised again in the air.—
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A lot of us are excited to refresh our spaces in the new year.—
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What better month to hunker down, swathed in a cozy sweater, with a warm drink and a good book in hand, than January?—
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Frisbee recounts feeling bathed in warm light and then having had a vision of himself leading thousands of hippies into the Pacific Ocean to be baptized.—
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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.—
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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.—
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“Heated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heated. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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