as in stimulates
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 energizes
Meanwhile, with Venus in your eighth house of intimacy, your desire for connection deepens, while Mars energizes your career sector, pushing you to create a healthy balance between passion and ambition.
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Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
The heat energizes the liquid electrolyte, leading to faster ion movement and improved conductivity.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2025
The sport energizes the entire student body.
—Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Aug. 2025
In my experience, too often managers focus solely on what someone can do (skills) and not what energizes them (strengths).
—Diana Lowe, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
These layers are separated by an inert polymer spacer to help steer their interactions and sandwiched between reflective silver layers that help control how light from a green 514-nanometer laser energizes the device.
—IEEE Spectrum, 23 July 2025
Aries season energizes your network of support.
—USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2025
Fiery Orange Similar to bright red, a fiery orange hue energizes the body and mind instead of calming it.
—Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Mar. 2025
If innovation energizes you, protect time for creative work instead of filling your schedule with routine operational tasks.
—Big Think, 3 Mar. 2025
Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
The heat energizes the liquid electrolyte, leading to faster ion movement and improved conductivity.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2025
The sport energizes the entire student body.
—Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Aug. 2025
In my experience, too often managers focus solely on what someone can do (skills) and not what energizes them (strengths).
—Diana Lowe, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
These layers are separated by an inert polymer spacer to help steer their interactions and sandwiched between reflective silver layers that help control how light from a green 514-nanometer laser energizes the device.
—IEEE Spectrum, 23 July 2025
Aries season energizes your network of support.
—USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2025
Fiery Orange Similar to bright red, a fiery orange hue energizes the body and mind instead of calming it.
—Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Mar. 2025
If innovation energizes you, protect time for creative work instead of filling your schedule with routine operational tasks.
—Big Think, 3 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for energizes
stimulates
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The chemical targets a different system in the brain than standard antidepressants, triggering the release of glutamate, which stimulates the growth of new synapses between brain cells.—
Rachel Hale,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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Vähäsarja vigorously rubbed some cups on Landers’s back—cupping creates a vacuum and stimulates blood flow—and turned the whole thing bright pink.—
Sarah Larson,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Energizes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/energizes. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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