as in to stimulate
to give life, vigor, or spirit to
a teacher who knows how to energize history lessons with little-known but interesting facts about long-ago people
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Recent Examples of energize
Mars enters Libra on August 6th, energizing your social network, community, and collaboration sector.
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Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 3 Aug. 2025
Gabbard's release of over 100 pages of records and her referral of Obama-era officials to the DOJ for potential prosecution have energized calls among some GOP leaders for deeper probes and accountability at the highest political levels.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 July 2025
The steady addition of new techniques—linear perspective, for space; aerial perspective, for distance; anatomical precision—meant that, even if philosophy and medicine remained static, painting was energized by a powerful sense of technological progress.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 28 July 2025
We're energized by the level of excitement Trailborn has continued to receive from both investors and guests alike.
—Roger Sands, Forbes.com, 23 July 2025
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Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 3 Aug. 2025
Gabbard's release of over 100 pages of records and her referral of Obama-era officials to the DOJ for potential prosecution have energized calls among some GOP leaders for deeper probes and accountability at the highest political levels.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 July 2025
The steady addition of new techniques—linear perspective, for space; aerial perspective, for distance; anatomical precision—meant that, even if philosophy and medicine remained static, painting was energized by a powerful sense of technological progress.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 28 July 2025
We're energized by the level of excitement Trailborn has continued to receive from both investors and guests alike.
—Roger Sands, Forbes.com, 23 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for energize
stimulate
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Typically, a sluggish economy leads to low inflation, allowing the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates to stimulate more borrowing and activity.—
Paul Davidson,
USA Today,
16 Aug. 2025
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Deadheading helps prevent the formation of seeds and stimulates additional flowering.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
15 Aug. 2025
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“Energize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/energize. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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