impulsive
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A 2016 study in the scientific journal Biological Psychiatry found that dominant and impulsive men who were given supplemental testosterone were at risk of acting aggressively within 60 minutes of taking it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
For Layla, those impulsive decisions are all too familiar.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
Sybiga said on Friday he planned to return an award he received from Poland in 2022 after the "unjustified, impulsive and disrespectful" decision.
From Barron's ● Jun. 20, 2026
A planned splurge can be enjoyed without damaging one’s finances, while an impulsive splurge has little thought behind it.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 12, 2026
Gogol watches them, knowing that it’s all in jest— they’re not the type to do something so impulsive, so naive, to blunder, as his own parents had done.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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