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stimulus

[stim-yuh-luhs] / ˈstɪm yə ləs /


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This idea of hedonic adaptation — how humans so quickly adapt to this new comfort, this new stimulus — it felt like an interesting thing.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

This substantial amount of fiscal stimulus has the potential to positively impact the broader European economy.

From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026

That stimulus includes tax refunds, 100% expensing of business investment, mortgage-backed securities purchases and financial deregulation, they noted.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026

That came as a fiscal stimulus of more than $1 trillion pledged last year by Germany’s government for defense and infrastructure investments started to seep through into industrial orders.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

Economic stimulus packages could have sailed through Congress to bail out those trapped in jobless ghettos through no fault of their own.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander




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