stimulus
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"Swimming bursts are high-energy attack behaviors that represent an escalation of aggression towards the stimulus fish without making physical contact," explained Currie.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026
The latest steps are mainly concentrated in "strategic infrastructure investment", said Oxford Economics' Yue, meaning that they are "likely to generate weaker near-term employment and income gains than previous stimulus cycles".
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
Economists note that bolder fiscal stimulus is needed to sustain China’s current reflation trajectory.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
Issuance in the sector has been booming in recent years as pandemic-era stimulus burns off and more borrowing is required to pay for things like schools, bridges and infrastructure.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
When his heart spoke to him, it was to provide a stimulus to the boy, and to give him strength, because the days of silence there in the desert were wearisome.
From "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho
Yet Schoenbrun’s observations are presented in the film as though they’re opaque, overloaded with smug surrealism and jam-packed with visual stimuli designed to wink and nudge at the otherwise obvious.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 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
But I love the answer that they gave Zosia to give: You can’t possibly take in all of the feelings and the stimuli that the whole world is having right now.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 24, 2025
She had tried traditional therapy, as well as interventions like eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy, where a patient is asked to recall traumatic events while experiencing auditory, visual, or tactile stimuli.
From Slate ● Dec. 18, 2025
He seemed unresponsive to normal stimuli, sealed off in his own world.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
Vocabulary lists containing stimulus
The Alchemist
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"The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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