as in nervous
easily excited by nature
an excitable child who needs a stable home life
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Recent Examples of excitable
The breakthrough can pave way the way for further research to track network dysfunctions across large areas of excitable tissue – on the surface and also on a deeper level.
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Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 4 Mar. 2025
Star is probably the most excitable person in the history of the show.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 27 Feb. 2025
So does that of an excitable young engineer (Jonas Strand Gravli) who pesters him with seemingly fanciful technological dreams.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2025
Alain Delon plays his excitable, passionate nephew, and the luminous Claudia Cardinale the daughter of a local bureaucrat whose romance with Delon becomes the vessel by which the Prince’s family will maintain its power in the future.
—Kevin Lincoln, Vulture, 20 Jan. 2025
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Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 4 Mar. 2025
Star is probably the most excitable person in the history of the show.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 27 Feb. 2025
So does that of an excitable young engineer (Jonas Strand Gravli) who pesters him with seemingly fanciful technological dreams.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2025
Alain Delon plays his excitable, passionate nephew, and the luminous Claudia Cardinale the daughter of a local bureaucrat whose romance with Delon becomes the vessel by which the Prince’s family will maintain its power in the future.
—Kevin Lincoln, Vulture, 20 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for excitable
Adjective
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Dellow was nervous about rush hour traffic, but the Uber dropped Nikishin off at 6:45 p.m. at the airport.—
Peter Baugh,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
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Your younger colleague is nervous about each conversation.—
Jay Sullivan,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Over the past four years, SOFI's annual returns have been considerably more volatile than the S&P 500, with returns of 27% in 2021, -71% in 2022, 116% in 2023, and 55% in 2024.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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Income tax is more volatile and susceptible to the ups and downs within the economy, Greller said.—
Maya Wilkins,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Professionally, Xavier is anxious about future tax exposure from his deferred compensation.—
Brian Lasher,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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Another reason people put off going to bed is to avoid feeling anxious or restless, said James Rowley, MD, a sleep medicine expert at Rush University Medical Center and spokesperson for the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.—
Maggie O'Neill,
Verywell Health,
30 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Rigid robots are prone to damage in unstable, cramped environments and are expensive to repair.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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Remember: Antioxidants can slow aging and prevent skin damage caused by unstable molecules called free radicals.—
Danielle Jackson,
Glamour,
28 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Although it has long been classified as a mental-health disorder, it is often seen as a stage that can be outgrown; eventually, the hyperactive child learns to sit still.—
Yasmin Tayag,
The Atlantic,
3 Feb. 2025
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The proggy, hyperactive aesthetic of Hiromi’s most recent music, via her Sonicwonder band — trumpeter Adam O’Farrill, bassist Hadrien Feraud, and drummer Gene Coye, an Evanston native — takes cues from video game scores.—
Hannah Edgar,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Apr. 2025
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