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hyperactive

[hahy-per-ak-tiv] / ˌhaɪ pərˈæk tɪv /


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These hyperactive helpers can sometimes overshare, overpromise and overpurchase.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Notably, those same hippocampal regions have also been found to be hyperactive in people carrying APOE4.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026

When I was born, I had a traumatic birth — I was backwards, I had the cord around, I was hyperactive.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2026

The concert leaned heavily on the band's new album Arirang, which folds the melody and mythology of Korea's folk music into the band's hyperactive, experimental pop sound.

From BBC ● Apr. 9, 2026

For some reason sugar and caffeine always calmed down my hyperactive brain.

From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan


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