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as in thrills
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 provokes
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 excites
At its best, Tudor’s out-of-possession approach is suffocating, a full-blooded style that excites fans and sets adrenaline pumping through the team.
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Thom Harris, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2026
Sonically, nothing jumps out and thrills, excites, or alarms.
—Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 9 Feb. 2026
What still excites you today about being onstage?
—Joey Guerra, Houston Chronicle, 6 Feb. 2026
Sherman Fan owns and operates the restaurant and spoke about what excites him about the reopening.
—Stephanie Gallman Jordan, Southern Living, 4 Feb. 2026
Context Is the Breakthrough—and the Risk What excites — and alarms — leaders most is ChatGPT’s ability to collapse context.
—Sylvana Quader Sinha, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
What excites me now are other emotions, other stories.
—Ben Croll, Variety, 21 Jan. 2026
That is what excites me about the way people are embracing this film.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 21 Jan. 2026
What excites you about a reset?
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 19 Jan. 2026
Thom Harris, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2026
Sonically, nothing jumps out and thrills, excites, or alarms.
—Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 9 Feb. 2026
What still excites you today about being onstage?
—Joey Guerra, Houston Chronicle, 6 Feb. 2026
Sherman Fan owns and operates the restaurant and spoke about what excites him about the reopening.
—Stephanie Gallman Jordan, Southern Living, 4 Feb. 2026
Context Is the Breakthrough—and the Risk What excites — and alarms — leaders most is ChatGPT’s ability to collapse context.
—Sylvana Quader Sinha, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
What excites me now are other emotions, other stories.
—Ben Croll, Variety, 21 Jan. 2026
That is what excites me about the way people are embracing this film.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 21 Jan. 2026
What excites you about a reset?
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 19 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for excites
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The mind thrills to imagine a genderless prophet among the brocades and buckskin breeches of Revolutionary America, weirding out the normies, sticking a flower in the barrel of a musket, and goading the new nation to let its hair down—literally.—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
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Monfils draws and then thrills a crowd like few players on tour, producing impossible acts of tennis escapology and delivering winners from all corners of the court.—
James Hansen,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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The aroma of coffee brewing reliably provokes desire.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Feb. 2026
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Deadline can reveal the first trailer for the radical love story revolving around Suzanne and undocumented migrant Osmane, whose relationship provokes a wave of anger and indignation all around them, forcing them to resist.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
10 Feb. 2026
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The star of Maggie Gyllenhaal's bold, new take on the Bride of Frankenstein electrifies in EW's cover story photoshoot.—
Sydney Bucksbaum,
Entertainment Weekly,
3 Feb. 2026
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Seyfried’s performance elevates, even electrifies, the film, as does the decision to replicate Shaker worship through song and movement numbers, all of which are choreographed and performed to a spellbinding extent.—
Randy McMullen,
Mercury News,
22 Jan. 2026
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The evening was more about the vibe; Gelman encourages all guests to dress up in fancy cocktail attire.—
Rachel Syme,
New Yorker,
13 Feb. 2026
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Perhaps that’s because, unlike other reality dating TV shows like The Bachelor and Love Island, the series encourages frank conversations about politics and social issues that mirror dating in the modern age.—
Savannah Walsh,
Vanity Fair,
12 Feb. 2026
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Through his eloquence and relentless drive, Jackson didn’t just keep hope alive for himself; his dream of a vibrant, multiracial America still inspires millions of Americans today.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
17 Feb. 2026
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SciAm always educates and delights me, and inspires a sense of awe for our vast, beautiful universe.—
Hilke Schellmann,
Scientific American,
17 Feb. 2026
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As the emotional Moon stimulates expansive Jupiter, we’ll probably be drawn to a variety of possibilities.—
Tarot.com,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Feb. 2026
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The viral beauty gadget stimulates collagen, boosts circulation, and leaves you with plump, youthful results.—
Kyra Surgent,
InStyle,
6 Feb. 2026
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SciAm always educates and delights me, and inspires a sense of awe for our vast, beautiful universe.—
Simon Makin,
Scientific American,
13 Feb. 2026
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Eva’s romance with her husband, Franklin Plaskett, delights and amazes her.—
Adelle Waldman,
The Atlantic,
10 Feb. 2026
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More than three devices is considered a cluster that arouses interest.—
Carolyn Forché,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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That intense scarcity arouses a FOMO among very wealthy car lovers that allows Ferrari to charge prices like $250,000 for one of its entry-level cars, and $3 million for a hypercar like its F80.—
Phil Wahba,
Fortune,
27 Oct. 2025
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