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impulse

[im-puhls] / ˈɪm pʌls /




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His team analyzed reams of data to understand the extent to which price hikes on smaller-ticket pieces could scare off new customers who are key for growth, or slow impulse buys.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

Kennard said growing up in a quiet town had an impact on his "creative impulse".

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

It’s the same instant-gratification impulse: “I have some money, let me throw it at something and hope it doubles tomorrow.”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026

That impulse to build the future through layered histories mirrors the brand’s approach to place as well, making its next move clearer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

“It was with difficulty that I restrained the impulse more than once to hurl my manuscript at his head,” Stanton later wrote about the committee chairman.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

The "stagflationary impulses from weaker foreign demand and higher domestic prices are going to be disproportionately felt by Canada," warned ING chief international economist James Knightley.

From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026

Examples can include speaking too loudly in a library or struggling to control impulses, difficulties that can occur with ADHD.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026

He is renowned for his precise and restrained use of language, delivering provocative truths about people’s ugliest impulses and asking the audience to laugh at them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

But even if the country’s worst impulses still bubbled up, U.S. midfielder Tyler Adams described a sentiment around his team that might as well have summed up the whole tournament.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026

What called out to him from Guernica was both the terrible tragedy of what had occurred and the enormous power of art to explain and ultimately defeat man’s most evil impulses.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove




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