impulse
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Markets are currently pricing in multiple interest-rate rises in every major advanced economy as the energy supply shock combines with the demand impulse generated by the artificial-intelligence boom to paint a picture of higher-for-longer inflation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
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
A message travels as an electrical impulse through the axon, down the body of the nerve cell, to the axon terminal.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
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
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
It’s meant to represent dueling impulses inside of him, he explains.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
“There is relatively little in the way of new impulses for the eurozone this week,” Metzler analysts said in a note.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
The message suited Farmer temperamentally, because for all his scholarly understanding of developing nations’ problems, his strongest impulses were pragmatic.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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