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impulse

[im-puhls] / ˈɪm pʌls /




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China Daily’s reporting on the emotional economy also included warnings from scholars and commentators that emotional value is hard to measure consistently, creating room for price distortion, impulse buying, and speculative excess.

From Barron's • Apr. 11, 2026

When inflation is already low and expectations are firmly anchored, policymakers can afford to “look through” or ignore the inflationary impulse of higher energy prices.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

Not everyone is compelled to spend the extra money on a monogram for their jammies, but the impulse comes from the early days of life.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

Yet the intellectual impulse behind it has not disappeared.

From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026

In fact, he was so grateful that his strongest impulse was to give C.C. a big hug as a way of saying thanks.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el




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