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Recent Examples of excitability
Whereas fear scores stayed fairly stable across years, and attention/excitability was slightly higher for dogs enrolled in 2022.
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New Atlas, 21 Sep. 2025
Specifically, the team was looking at trends in dogs’ fear, attention and excitability, aggression, and trainability.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 10 Sep. 2025
In contrast, the canines tend to show lower levels of aggression, rivalry with other dogs, trainability, and excitability.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
New Atlas, 21 Sep. 2025
Specifically, the team was looking at trends in dogs’ fear, attention and excitability, aggression, and trainability.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 10 Sep. 2025
In contrast, the canines tend to show lower levels of aggression, rivalry with other dogs, trainability, and excitability.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for excitability
Noun
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Financial markets were still showing some signs of nervousness on Thursday.—
Stan Choe,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Jan. 2026
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Then, while Williams was stoic, Storrie feigned nervousness about presenting, contorting himself into knots.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
13 Jan. 2026
Noun
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This year, anxiety over the federal government and a wavering stock market is making people less secure in their finances, causing some tenants to move in with family or friends — leaving studio and one-bedroom apartments empty.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Feb. 2026
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The nonprofit, formerly known as Sattvic Meals Foundation, aims to address hunger anxiety at community colleges.—
Anne Gelhaus,
Mercury News,
1 Feb. 2026
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“Excitability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excitability. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.
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