elicit
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At the time, watching these videos didn’t elicit nausea or repulsion in Jemima—they came across as amusing.
From Slate • May 12, 2026
Crucially at the time I was not able to elicit acute psychotic symptoms.
From BBC • May 7, 2026
“I think the question is fair but I don’t think Warsh has done anything to elicit any particular concern,” Marcus said.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 24, 2026
From the first notes of its new single “Specter” — a brooding vocal workout for Sebastian that ended on pulverizing riffs — Bad Omens used cutting-edge tools and underground influence to elicit arena-rock catharsis.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026
It took a while for the doctor to revive her husband and even longer to elicit, through the man’s broken English, what he’d said that so enraged his wife.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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Grade 11, List 1
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