stimulate
Example Sentences
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If I’ve been stimulated, doing a puzzle for a couple of hours is a great way to decompress.
From Los Angeles Times
The bigger risk is that Ms. Takaichi’s plans would do little to stimulate the productive investment Japan needs for economic growth.
Higher education should aim, first, to stimulate and enhance intellectual capacity.
"Transcranial focused ultrasound will let you stimulate different parts of the brain in healthy subjects, in ways you just couldn't before," says Daniel Freeman, an MIT researcher and co-author of the paper.
From Science Daily
"Normally, an increased supply of iron in the Southern Ocean would stimulate algae growth, which increases the oceanic uptake of carbon dioxide," says lead author Torben Struve of the University of Oldenburg.
From Science Daily
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