stimulate
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It gives them more room to raise rates to fight inflation and space to cut them during a downturn to stimulate growth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
Mandates can encourage deployment, but they can also inflate electricity prices, due to supply-and-demand imbalance, and stimulate imports.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
There are other ways to provide enrichment, like rotating toys every day to stimulate exploration, using puzzle feeder dishes to satisfy hunting behaviors and playing videos for your cat showing birds or fish.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
"It's well appreciated that different intensities of exercise stimulate distinct body-wide adaptations," notes Luke Olsen, the postdoctoral fellow who conducted the studies.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026
When within sight of the Earth on each of its orbits, it would stimulate outpourings of superstitious fervor among the Earthlings.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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Hydroxyurea, a drug that stimulates production of fetal hemoglobin, has been shown to reduce pain crises and other complications—but it isn’t a cure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
Sculptra is particularly interesting for this theme because it stimulates collagen production, rather than simply filling wrinkles.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 5, 2026
As growth hormone gradually builds up during sleep, it stimulates the locus coeruleus and encourages wakefulness.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 5, 2026
Many contain large amounts of caffeine, which stimulates the central nervous system and makes you feel more awake.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
This substance evidently stimulates the normal wording behavior in the hive.
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
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Tests in animal models showed that BifidoSumIL-2 preferentially gathered inside tumors, stimulated immune activity, and slowed the growth of pancreatic cancer.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026
“That’s really what stimulated the conversation of the possibility.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026
Five years ago, Rhi had a procedure to put a sacral nerve stimulation system in place - where the nerves controlling the bowel can be stimulated with a device implanted under the skin.
From BBC ● May 13, 2026
This “Animal Farm” is ignorant of the fact that kids need to be stimulated by more than scatalogical humor to actually influence their perspectives, rather than cater to their existing tastes and knowledge.
From Salon ● May 3, 2026
Jesse didn’t have to imagine this fate: Such people were all around him, ticked-off employees in their late thirties and forties, lots of them pleasant and adequately compensated, but few of them happy or stimulated.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
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"By working our jaw muscles we are stimulating blood flow to the brain."
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
The researchers found that stimulating the receptor with AP503 increased bone strength not only in healthy mice, but also in mice with osteoporosis-like bone loss.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 9, 2026
“I hope Thai people see them as tourists stimulating our economy rather than just focusing on nightlife.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Egg freezing involves stimulating the ovaries with hormone injections before mature eggs are surgically retrieved and preserved for possible future use through in vitro fertilization.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
He reminisced about the stimulating conversations that took place in rustic pubs over warm beer.
From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore
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