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Recent Examples of agitation Outline 3 emails, following a problem, agitation, solution series, that take subscribers from interested to ready to buy, using sales psychology and email marketing best practice. Jodie Cook, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024 Deterioration from rabies can often bring unbearable brain dysfunctions such as anxiety, confusion, agitation and hallucinations, the CDC says. David K. Li, NBC News, 3 Dec. 2024 But relatively few people then or now recall how the Canal Zone had become a scene of anti-American agitation and unrest in the 1960s. Ron Elving, NPR, 28 Dec. 2024 These events shake space-time far more intensely than the sun’s internal agitation does — providing a deluge of gravitons as opposed to Dyson’s trickle. Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 30 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for agitation 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for agitation
Noun
  • The announcement left the basketball world reeling, as the magnitude of the swap sent social media into a frenzy, with reactions ranging from disbelief to heated debate.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 2 Feb. 2025
  • Both stocks in recent months finally eclipsed their prior frothy record high set in the frenzy of the 2021 rally in unprofitable tech.
    Michael Santoli, CNBC, 1 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Participating in rituals and routine has been shown to provide solace against anxiety and grief.
    Christina Pérez, Vogue, 29 Jan. 2025
  • The students who had higher anxiety tended to be those who treated their pets more like friends or family.
    Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Security was heightened at the Constitutional Court on Tuesday, after a mob of angry Yoon supporters went on a rampage through the district court that issued a warrant to extend his detention early on Sunday.
    Reuters, CNN, 21 Jan. 2025
  • The Democrats say Republicans are hypocrites for claiming to support law enforcement while simultaneously backing Trump’s decision to pardon more than 1,500 people who were prosecuted for the rampage, including those who attacked police officers protecting the Capitol complex.
    Mike Lillis, The Hill, 21 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Such cars, known as EREVs, are popular in China, the world’s biggest electric car market, and promise to eliminate range anxiety for EV owners, or the fear that one will get stranded when the battery dies.
    Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 4 Feb. 2025
  • The fear of the image is something stronger than your own anxiousness.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 4 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Fast forward to my college years, Serial is all the rage and true crime is at its genesis.
    Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 2 Feb. 2025
  • As fires rage and climate destruction grows, the Trump administration has signaled a shift to more mining and drilling, to rolling back protection for sacred sites like Bears Ears National Monument, and to rewriting the rules that govern policies like the Endangered Species Act.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Yet throughout the week, designers demonstrated their ability to engage with a larger societal landscape; by addressing concerns about inclusivity, protection and freedom, the Fall-Winter 2025 season provided a stage to escape as well as ideas to navigate the current climate.
    Alice Pfeiffer, CNN, 28 Jan. 2025
  • Prado said volunteers are driving around town to encourage people to learn about their rights amid concerns about possible collateral arrests.
    Alex Riggins, The Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Last year, despite worries about overcapacity, Congress approved an expansion to Reagan airport, adding five more long-haul daily flights.
    Joann Muller, Axios, 31 Jan. 2025
  • That bump defrayed worries over declining iPhone sales, which not only missed LSEG estimates by the largest margin in two years but were also lower compared with a year earlier because of weakness in the Greater China market.
    Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 31 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Nic Carter, a prominent crypto investor and Trump supporter, reasons that the unease is indicative of a broader panic, a slow-growing sense that Trump can’t be controlled in the way the industry might want.
    Will Gottsegen, The Atlantic, 20 Jan. 2025
  • These capabilities even evoke a growing sense of unease and fears of sentient beings that could potentially threaten humanity.
    Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025

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“Agitation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/agitation. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.

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