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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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Don’t try to talk yourself out of feeling badly, and instead, take time to figure out what your nervousness could say about your values, says David Rosmarin, an associate psychiatry professor at Harvard Medical School.—
Megan Sauer,
CNBC,
24 Sep. 2025
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While big volatility gauges aren’t sounding alarms — the VIX Index is hovering below 16 — there is a sense of nervousness that’s evident beyond big tech stocks.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Other benefits of acupuncture were pain intensity reduction, an improvement of physical functions, and fewer anxiety symptoms.—
Ashley J. DiMella,
FOXNews.com,
4 Oct. 2025
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The stress among the friend group about their costume theme is giving me more anxiety than a haunted hayride.—
Melissa Willets,
Parents,
4 Oct. 2025
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“Excitability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excitability. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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