impulses
Example Sentences
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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
M is not governed by the usual impulses of the civilian; she has no use for love or hate, desire or abnegation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 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
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
Messages arrive chemically in the dendrites, where they are converted to electrical impulses, which travel down the axon, the long body of the cell.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
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