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impulse

[im-puhls] / ˈɪm pʌls /




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Core inflation continues to point to weak demand-pull impulse.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

Turning that impulse from the ballot box to governance itself is what comes next.

From Slate ● Nov. 5, 2026

Sometimes that slow-growth impulse took the form of NIMBYism.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

“It’s so easy to have an impulse buy and say ‘I’m just going to go this route,’” said Lauren Fix, an automotive analyst and host of Car Coach Reports.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026

But as Galton’s hypothesis about “ancestral inheritance” had been dismantled, piece by piece, by Bateson and de Vries, Galton had taken a sharp turn from a descriptive impulse to a prescriptive one.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

We are subject to these impulses when we are looking for something or someone to blame.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 2026

In the fullness of time it was arguably subjugated by the burgeoning corporation’s commercial impulses.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

People do not become Olympic gold medalists because they suppress impulses all day long.

From Slate ● Oct. 17, 2026

Because weak self-control and fear of missing out were strongly associated with problematic use, the researchers emphasize helping young people manage impulses and feel less pressure to stay constantly connected.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026

Wells agreed with Galton’s impulses to manipulate heredity as a means to create a “fitter society.”

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee


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