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
At breakfast: Eat a banana to energize you for the day ahead.
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Sohaib Imtiaz, Verywell Health, 26 June 2025
During the latter part of each project, the contractor will energize and connect homes to the new equipment, officials said.
—Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2025
Seely hopes the league will help drive greater visibility for the sport and further energize conversations around its Olympic ambitions—a current priority for his former boss, Varsity founder Jeff Webb.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 18 June 2025
In total, Dixon, who worked as a hype man to energize crowds at Joe’s shows for 16 years, said he was subjected to more than 4,000 such scenarios throughout his tenure.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 20 June 2025
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Sohaib Imtiaz, Verywell Health, 26 June 2025
During the latter part of each project, the contractor will energize and connect homes to the new equipment, officials said.
—Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2025
Seely hopes the league will help drive greater visibility for the sport and further energize conversations around its Olympic ambitions—a current priority for his former boss, Varsity founder Jeff Webb.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 18 June 2025
In total, Dixon, who worked as a hype man to energize crowds at Joe’s shows for 16 years, said he was subjected to more than 4,000 such scenarios throughout his tenure.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 20 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for energize
stimulate
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Doing so could stimulate economic growth, and would be warmly welcomed by the White House and investors.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 July 2025
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Examples include flashing notifications that make your phone jump and squeak, colorful rewards when others like your posts, and algorithms that push out the most emotional content to stimulate your most base emotions of anger, shame or glee.—
Lisa Schirch,
The Conversation,
7 July 2025
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“Energize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/energize. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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