stimulate
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This combination improved the treatment's ability to stimulate a broader antitumor response.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026
Fertility drugs that are used to stimulate egg production for retrieval and freezing are banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
Understanding those rapid changes could help explain why even a relatively short walk may help stimulate bowel function.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 5, 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
Seasonal changes of day length, temperature, and rainfall constitute signals that stimulate seeds to germinate, seedlings to grow, and mature plants to develop flowers, seeds, and fruit.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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Sleep stimulates growth hormone production, but growth hormone also sends signals back to the brain that influence when we wake up.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026
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
They seemed to forget that the increase of known truths stimulates the investigation, establishment, and growth of the arts.'
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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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
When the team electrically stimulated a single bipolar cell, the response spread well beyond that one pathway.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 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
Malpighi seems to have stimulated Borelli’s interest in living things, while Borelli seems to have stimulated Malpighi to investigate the way living systems work and encouraged his efforts at dissection.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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By maintaining or stimulating this communication pathway, they increased physical activity, improved age-related metabolic function, and extended lifespan in mice.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 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
"However, the effect occurs later, and the stimulating effect is often absent," the institute advised.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 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
My increased knowledge led to enriched, stimulating, give-and-take engagement with art.
From "The Annotated Mona Lisa" by Carol Strickland and John Boswell
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