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They typically interact with brain tissue only at the end of the fiber, meaning researchers can stimulate or monitor just one location at a time.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026

August home-price and property-investment figures are also due, following recent government efforts to stimulate housing demand.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 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

That’s the principle of vaccination: to stimulate our antibody production without our having to go through the actual experience of the disease, by inoculating us with a dead or weakened strain of microbe.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

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

Reynoso said the betting "stimulates many senses" for the animals on top of providing entertainment for an audience giddy with excitement ahead of the world's biggest football bonanza.

From Barron's ● Jun. 6, 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

This substance evidently stimulates the normal wording behavior in the hive.

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

“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

PTH stimulated osteoblasts, the cells responsible for building bone, to produce a protein called Slit3.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 23, 2026

The scene fascinated Laura Keene and stimulated her theatrical instincts.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson

"By working our jaw muscles we are stimulating blood flow to the brain."

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

Perhaps Jets and Browns fans can join each other in a stimulating traipse down the Appalachian Trail.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 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

On the other hand, variety can be stimulating.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026

The sword-play, the swift glance, the stimulating smile.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier