stimulus
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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
Layered on top of this is what bank executives see and feel directly: real stimulus spending and investment vis-à-vis artificial intelligence and other new technology solutions.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 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
Starting around puberty, the limbic system becomes more sensitive to stimulus, which is one reason teenagers become both more emotional and more interested in having new and intense experiences.
From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater
Vocabulary lists containing stimulus
The Alchemist
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"The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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