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high-octane

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For example, e85 is very useful if you want to make a cheap substiture for high-octane fuel in performance applications.

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Quick take

(figuratively, by extension) High-powered, energetic, forceful or dynamic.

Meaning at a glance

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adjective

(figuratively, by extension) High-powered, energetic, forceful or dynamic.

adjective

(figuratively) Of a drink, highly intoxicating or caffeinated.

adjective

(automotive, engineering) Of fuel, having a high octane number, good antiknock characteristics; used in high-performance vehicles.

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Core meanings and parts of speech for high-octane.

Example sentences

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For example, e85 is very useful if you want to make a cheap substiture for high-octane fuel in performance applications.

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I'm told ethanol behaves a lot like high-octane gasoline, which means an engine built for ethanol could have greatly increase compression, which can improve economy.

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I would aim for organic growth over VC and plans that aim for high-octane supercharged expansion any day.

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There's no downside to running high-octane racing gasoline through a low-compression engine like the Atkinson-cycle engine in the Prius, but no benefit either.

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Preferential treatment of seemingly busy employees is not limited to high-octane firms.

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You balance dense, slow-burn philosophy (Josef Pieper) with high-octane, 'popcorn' entertainment (Dungeon Crawler Carl), intentionally using fiction as an escape from heavy systemic analysis.

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I'm still into high-octane risk-taking fun (I'm currently working getting my solo jump license yay), but I do it as safely as possible.

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It’s a high-octane journey that truly tests your resilience!

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Then, we're throwing away low-yield storage and replacing it with high-octane storage.

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Assuming he is less well versed in maintaining and excavating a Linux installation, it would be more likely for the machine to get silently infected by a zero-day, high-octane exploit.

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And it is also stupid because the implication is that this person should have been interning as a copywriter instead of wending his way through that high-octane managerial labyrinth of passive-aggressive knowledge that once upon a time was Yahoo News, natch.

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> the voice and video impersonation is definitely being used to scam elderly people And like with the child pornography, the AI companies are engaging in high-octane buck passing more than actually trying to tamp down the problem.

Quote examples

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By balancing the high-octane growth of Microsoft with the rock-solid stability of Waste Management and Deere & Co., Gates has built a "forever portfolio." For the retail investor, the lesson is clear: A little bit of "boring" goes a long way.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use high-octane in a sentence?

For example, e85 is very useful if you want to make a cheap substiture for high-octane fuel in performance applications.

What does high-octane mean?

(figuratively, by extension) High-powered, energetic, forceful or dynamic.

What part of speech is high-octane?

high-octane is commonly used as adjective.