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agitation

[aj-i-tey-shuhn] / ˌædʒ ɪˈteɪ ʃən /


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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

"Anything that creates, like an agitation, in the extremist on either side of the aisle is a frightening dynamic," Griffin said.

From BBC May 6, 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

About half of all people living with dementia experience agitation, which can lead to severe distress for both patients and caregivers.

From Science Daily Mar. 8, 2026

My pridefulness was a constant source of sorrow and agitation for Aunt Ivy.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson

The agitations for justice she mockingly compares to an Evelyn Waugh novel and “a musical comedy about college life.”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 8, 2026

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

"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 order said.

From BBC Mar. 16, 2022

Having been frequently in company with him since her return, agitation was pretty well over; the agitations of former partiality entirely so.

From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen




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