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
Lively Mars energizes your 9th House of Travel, sextiling ardent Pluto in your 7th House of Connections.
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Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 16 Apr. 2026
Finances and fun tug at each other as the dynamic Sun energizes your 2nd House of Budgeting and squares joyous Jupiter in your 5th House of Indulgence.
—Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026
Each escalatory cycle in the Middle East energizes their exposure to and gradual adoption of extremist views.
—Arie Perliger, The Conversation, 18 Mar. 2026
But affordability energizes everybody.
—NBC news, 15 Mar. 2026
Sharks point guard Dallas Graziani, who energizes his team with speed and hustle, had an off night shooting.
—Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2026
Fiery Mars energizes your 7th House of Alignments, bringing direct movement to your key collaborations and one-on-one agreements.
—Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 2 Mar. 2026
The then-27-year-old forged a new path in finance, drawn to the bank’s work environment that energizes him like rowing had for years.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 22 Feb. 2026
Today’s Mercury-Uranus square energizes your money zone and your 5th House of Temptations, pinging you back and forth between budget plans and spontaneous delights.
—Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 5 Feb. 2026
Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 16 Apr. 2026
Finances and fun tug at each other as the dynamic Sun energizes your 2nd House of Budgeting and squares joyous Jupiter in your 5th House of Indulgence.
—Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026
Each escalatory cycle in the Middle East energizes their exposure to and gradual adoption of extremist views.
—Arie Perliger, The Conversation, 18 Mar. 2026
But affordability energizes everybody.
—NBC news, 15 Mar. 2026
Sharks point guard Dallas Graziani, who energizes his team with speed and hustle, had an off night shooting.
—Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2026
Fiery Mars energizes your 7th House of Alignments, bringing direct movement to your key collaborations and one-on-one agreements.
—Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 2 Mar. 2026
The then-27-year-old forged a new path in finance, drawn to the bank’s work environment that energizes him like rowing had for years.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 22 Feb. 2026
Today’s Mercury-Uranus square energizes your money zone and your 5th House of Temptations, pinging you back and forth between budget plans and spontaneous delights.
—Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 5 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for energizes
stimulates
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Moisture Moist soil holds heat better than dry soil, and the combination of heat and moisture is what stimulates seeds to sprout.—
Barbara Gillette,
The Spruce,
20 Apr. 2026
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Fortunately, certain types of mushrooms are exposed to ultraviolet (UV) light during or after harvesting, which stimulates vitamin D production in the mushrooms.—
Jillian Kubala,
Health,
6 Apr. 2026
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“Energizes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/energizes. Accessed 30 Apr. 2026.
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