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stimulate

[stim-yuh-leyt] / ˈstɪm jəˌleɪt /


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It set out to use mRNA technology to make custom-designed cancer vaccines: A person’s tumor would be genetically sequenced—the process of finding mutations—and the company would make bespoke therapeutic vaccines to stimulate the immune system.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 22, 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

These new drugs – including Ozempic and Wegovy – mimic the GLP-1 hormone to stimulate insulin release, slow digestion, and increase feelings of fullness.

From Science Daily Aug. 12, 2026

And that could stimulate more activity for companies involved in building and financing these projects, which will eventually trickle down to the broader economy, the Wells Fargo team said.

From MarketWatch Aug. 10, 2026

Other brain researchers soon learn to use low-voltage electricity to stimulate specific points on the brain.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

"When you stimulate these serotonergic neurons, we can see that it stimulates activity in the auditory region in the brain," Trussell said.

From Science Daily May 15, 2026

It is used to end pregnancies through 10 weeks gestation in combination with the drug misoprostol, which stimulates contractions and softens the cervix, allowing tissue to expel.

From Barron's May 10, 2026

Also known as Ziihera, Zanidatamab is an antibody treatment for patients with a higher-than-normal level of a protein called HER2, which stimulates tumours to grow.

From BBC May 2, 2026

For starters, the policy rate is currently at the lower end of the estimated growth range for neutral, a level that neither stimulates or subtracts from growth.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 18, 2026

I recalled from my music research that enjoyable music stimulates the production of the hormone serotonin, which makes us feel joy and elevates our moods by altering our brain waves.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

That willingness resulted in excess demand that ultimately stimulated acute demand-pull inflation—that is, price increases caused by demand outpacing available goods and services.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 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

I hadn’t realized how sweltering the room was, how stimulated my sweat glands had gotten.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd

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

On the other hand, variety can be stimulating.

From MarketWatch Jul. 13, 2026

This hormone signals fullness to the brain, slowing digestion and stimulating the release of insulin.

From Science Daily Jul. 8, 2026

IVF involves stimulating the ovaries to produce eggs, retrieving them, fertilising them in a laboratory and then implanting the resulting embryo back into the womb.

From BBC Jun. 26, 2026

As a rule, I find public architecture stimulating.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan




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