heat up
Example Sentences
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“The Bay Area housing market has heated up in recent months amid a boom in the AI sector and a return to the office,” the Redfin report’s authors said.
From MarketWatch
As the race to master autonomous vehicle technology heats up, the union is concerned that companies will eliminate human jobs to lower labor costs.
From Los Angeles Times
A similar phenomenon heats up Santa Ana winds as air from high above the Great Basin descends and races out to sea.
From Los Angeles Times
“We’re doing some work that may prove important if things with Hitler heat up. Long hours, terrible pressure, lousy pay. Interested?”
From Literature
The so-called creative-cliff illusion leads us to abandon the search before it heats up.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
