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agitation

[aj-i-tey-shuhn] / ˌædʒ ɪˈteɪ ʃən /


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What’s more, we cannot yet prevent schizophrenia or offer patients drugs that don’t produce side effects such as agitation, weight gain and tremors.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

The chain has experienced other problems as well, including remodels that backfired, agitation among activist investors and same-store sales that have wobbled over Masino’s three-year tenure.

From MarketWatch Jul. 28, 2026

Moving patients with Alzheimer’s disease, he said, is associated with “behavioral destabilization, increased agitation, accelerated functional decline and a higher likelihood of acute care utilization.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 9, 2026

Some Fairhopians floated the idea that, like much of the rest of Alabama, the city operates with an old boys’ club mentality, intolerant of outside agitation like a No Kings protest.

From Slate May 4, 2026

He stood up in his agitation and walked a pace or two this way, a pace or two that while Hester watched unblinking from the bench.

From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman

These Marathi-centric agitations have earlier resonated with voters, especially in Mumbai, and some believe that it could help the Thackeray cousins in the municipal elections as well.

From BBC Jul. 10, 2025

Amid all his witty agitations and narcissistic machinations, Marvel’s Loki, as played by Tom Hiddleston, helped his eponymous Disney+ series land as the most watched of Marvel Studios’ freshman television lineup.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 16, 2022

The comment comes against the backdrop of recent agitations from employees at several technology companies.

From Reuters Jun. 2, 2022

“What is not religiously made obligatory therefore cannot be made a quintessential aspect of the religion through public agitations or by the passionate arguments in courts,” the panel wrote.

From Seattle Times Apr. 1, 2022

Millions of separate and precise agitations bombarded her senses.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan




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