fever pitch

noun

1. a high degree of excitement, as of a gathering of people.

   The announcement of victory brought the crowd to fever pitch.

fever pitch

noun

1. a state of intense excitement

   things were at fever pitch with the election coming up

Word History and Origins

Origin of fever pitch¹

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

Just weeks ago, Wall Street’s AI frenzy reached a fever pitch and minted Nvidia as the market’s first $5 trillion company.

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The buzz around the files grew to a fever pitch last week, when House Democrats released a tranche of tens of thousands of Epstein’s emails.

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Interest in quantum computing has reached a fever pitch this week after a flood earnings reports from some of the best known pure-play quantum companies.

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Stell added that "with speculation around the budget reaching fever pitch, businesses have postponed hiring and are less likely to commit to any form of investment until they know where the economic land lies".

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Asian stock markets surged Wednesday morning, matching record gains on Wall Street the previous day as investor confidence in AI tech and coming interest rate cuts in the United States reaches fever pitch.

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