heat
noun
a relatively high degree of warmth.
has heated
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present perfectof heat (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The optical sector has heated up again ahead of earnings, judging in part by a new ETF that’s exciting investors.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
Inflation has heated up two months running after the conflict in the Middle East spiked crude oil prices, though for now remains inside the 1% to 3% window the Bank of Canada aims to maintain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026
Because, even as Conforto’s bat has heated up, his glove remains a glaring area of weakness in left field.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2025
But the state’s typically sleepy Senate race has heated up this year after Larry Hogan, the popular former two-term Republican governor, decided to run.
From New York Times ● May 12, 2024
She has heated her little brain with novels until her whole thoughts are about love and lovers, and she scarcely sees that she treads on a kitchen floor.
From The History of Pendennis, Volume 2 His Fortunes and Misfortunes, His Friends and His Greatest Enemy by William Makepeace Thackeray
