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excitable

[ik-sahy-tuh-buhl] / ɪkˈsaɪ tə bəl /


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This change increased the number of GluK4 glutamate receptors, making certain neurons more excitable than normal.

From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026

The fine arts have long struggled with a so-called graying audience, and have moved mountains to innovate in ways that keep the genres fresh in order to attract younger, excitable crowds.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2026

The excitable spark Ahmed and Jacks provided has been lost by England at some point over recent months.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026

And it wasn’t lost on Rove that the spindly, excitable man narrating that story for them in a thick Hungarian accent “was once a 16-year-old picking up paving blocks and heaving them at Soviet tanks.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

Her looks had changed but the excitable, slightly reckless air about her had not.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie




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