impulse
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Kennard said growing up in a quiet town had an impact on his "creative impulse".
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
It’s the same instant-gratification impulse: “I have some money, let me throw it at something and hope it doubles tomorrow.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026
That may be part of what makes sausage-in-dough feel less like a single dish than a recurring culinary impulse.
From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2026
Lynch’s impulse to fragment takes a more playful, if morbid, turn in the “Kits.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
On an impulse she said, “Aunt Consuelo, may I take Irela to the cinema with me? I will buy her a ticket.”
From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty
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 if you’re honest, you also loved watching the guy dumb enough to buy it fume over the futility of his impulses.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026
Wells agreed with Galton’s impulses to manipulate heredity as a means to create a “fitter society.”
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Vocabulary lists containing impulse
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