impulse
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But Roberts pushed back on the impulse to draw a line between Ohtani’s recent offensive dip and his side work on the pitching side.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
Policymakers are closely watching whether spillovers into wages and prices will create an inflationary impulse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Research last year from Vanquis, a challenger bank, found Gen Z shoppers make more impulse purchases than any other age group, external, closely followed by millennials.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Admittedly, looking to A.I. for rescue is usually an eye-roll-worthy impulse.
From Slate ● Aug. 26, 2026
Kneeling to remove his work shoes by the front door, he had become aware of the state of his socks—holed at toe and heel and, for all he knew, odorous—and on impulse had removed them.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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
He is renowned for his precise and restrained use of language, delivering provocative truths about people’s ugliest impulses and asking the audience to laugh at them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 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
I had intended to, but I was beset by so many impulses that I could not act.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
Vocabulary lists containing impulse
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