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as in to thrill
to cause a pleasurable stimulation of the feelings
for some reason the first snowfall of the season never fails to excite us
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as in to provoke
to rouse to strong feeling or action
televised pictures of the victims of the famine that would excite any viewer to pity
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Recent Examples of excite
The victim’s mother, Lillian Burton, had been excited about becoming a mom for the second time, friends and relatives said.
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Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 28 May 2025
Once a partnership looks promising and leadership begins to get excited, there’s a temptation to rush through the deal points as quickly as possible.
—Jennifer Lotito, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
Diplomatic appointments do not usually excite the world’s metalheads.
—Ephrat Livni, New York Times, 21 May 2025
The first sign that his tour might excite the public came on the opening day, in Omaha, where the organizers switched venues to accommodate a rush of attendees and still had to turn hundreds more away.
—Evan Osnos, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
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Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 28 May 2025
Once a partnership looks promising and leadership begins to get excited, there’s a temptation to rush through the deal points as quickly as possible.
—Jennifer Lotito, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
Diplomatic appointments do not usually excite the world’s metalheads.
—Ephrat Livni, New York Times, 21 May 2025
The first sign that his tour might excite the public came on the opening day, in Omaha, where the organizers switched venues to accommodate a rush of attendees and still had to turn hundreds more away.
—Evan Osnos, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for excite
Verb
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This new experience is at turns thrilling, distressing and overwhelming for Patience, depending on the moment.—
Nina Metz,
Chicago Tribune,
12 June 2025
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The match featured thrilling shot-making and incredible defense by both players, and is already being called one of the greatest matches ever played.—
Adam Zagoria,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
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Couple that with an alarming increase in misogyny in both politics and the culture at large, and women in the public eye are at constant risk of accidentally provoking these types of hate campaigns.—
Stephanie McNeal,
Glamour,
13 June 2025
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The 1925 offside rule, therefore, initially created incredibly attack-minded football, and then provoked considerably more cautious football.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
12 June 2025
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Yet, while the potential is electrifying, a critical question looms: The technology is advancing at breakneck speed, but are our organizations, and specifically our people, ready to harness it?—
Dana Berg,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2025
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For this summer’s friendly matches and the Gold Cup, Pochettino will operate without a few of the old mainstays, most particularly superstar Christian Pulisic, who electrified the Rentschler crowd with a goal against Germany a year and a half ago.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
5 June 2025
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In order to protect his brother, Gi-jun encouraged Ju-woon and Bong-san to stage a coup.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
6 June 2025
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Musk, who spent almost $300 million on last year’s election, had also encouraged the primarying of lawmakers who voted for it.—
Christian Datoc,
The Washington Examiner,
6 June 2025
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Messi delighted the home crowd at Chase Stadium with a pair of golazos, one in each half.—
Michelle Kaufman,
Miami Herald,
29 May 2025
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For as long as hungry birds have swooped from the saloon’s leafy branches to stalk diners’ steak fries, Le Tub, the kitschy-divey national treasure on Hollywood’s Intracoastal Waterway, has delighted and polarized locals with tacky decor and huge hamburgers.—
Phillip Valys,
Sun Sentinel,
29 May 2025
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The electrode stimulates the nerve, opening the airway by moving the tongue forward.1 Hypoglossal nerve stimulation surgery can effectively resolve snoring for some.—
Sukaina Hasnie,
Verywell Health,
4 June 2025
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Just like weight-bearing exercises, the vibrations stimulate osteocytes, which send signals to the two other types of bone cells–osteoblasts and osteoclasts–to create new bone matter and recycle the old.—
Jia H. Jung,
Mercury News,
4 June 2025
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Hong Kong’s relentless pace has inspired a wellness revolution where ancient rituals meet cutting-edge science.—
Christopher Elliott,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
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The campaign in Argentina inspired feminists all over Latin America.—
Marta Martínez,
NPR,
8 June 2025
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From classic role plays surrounding one's age or pets to the strangely specific, like men being aroused by women playing with toy cars or eating pizza.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 June 2025
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The offensive Orientalist depictions of Chinese characters that were common in Hollywood films of that era inevitably aroused strong passions in Chinese audiences.—
H.M.A. Leow,
JSTOR Daily,
3 June 2025
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“Excite.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excite. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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