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Which retail tradition is especially designed to encourage impulsive buying?

impulsive

[im-puhl-siv] / ɪmˈpʌl sɪv /


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She later told fans at a Chicago concert: "The announcement that was made yesterday was not a reactive or impulsive thing. It is something that I had decided to plan... quietly, a long time ago."

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

She died on July 11, 2024, after a sudden, impulsive moment on an otherwise normal day.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

When Julia Proctor was rejected from New York University’s Tisch Grad Acting program, the admissions officers told her they were looking for more impulsive, messier actors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

I can’t even count the number of times this has saved me from an impulsive purchase.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

It was a daring, impulsive move on which the chaplain decided after quarreling with Corporal Whitcomb again and washing down with tepid canteen water his joyless lunch of a Milky Way and Baby Ruth.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller


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