stimulus
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“Despite the goal with these incentives being to attract filmmaking and lead to economic stimulus, that’s not materialized in the data,” Button said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
"The Takaichi government is moving into an exciting new phase of Abenomics, as nearly 15 years of powerful stimulus have created durable, robust underlying economic dynamics," he added.
From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026
To be sure, Cox said the current drivers of inflation will not trigger another 2022-like price crisis, which was fueled by pandemic-related supply-chain disruptions and massive fiscal stimulus.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026
In the 1930s, in the pages of the journal Economica, Keynes and Hayek fiercely debated the functions of savings, consumption and stimulus programs during economic downturns.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
“But not to the physical stimulus; you’re not measuring dilation, for instance. It’ll be to the verbal questions; what we call a flinch reaction.”
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
They employ all manners of external stimuli and self-optimization techniques to approach even a fraction of what your heart is naturally capable of.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
At the hospital, one of the officers requested that Cervantes submit to a “subjective sobriety test” that included measuring her eye’s response to stimuli, according to the complaint.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2026
The ultralow rates, along with other government stimuli and zero-commission trades, kindled a new generation’s interest in the markets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 13, 2026
He adds: "In contrast, cold detection inside the body appears to depend on different sensory circuits and molecular receptors, reflecting its deeper physiological role in internal regulation and responses to environmental stimuli."
From Science Daily ● Dec. 18, 2025
Multi-part performance of any kind requires the child to focus intensely on their part, training the brain to produce one part while acknowledging additional auditory stimuli coming from the other parts.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
Vocabulary lists containing stimulus
The Alchemist
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"The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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