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Recent Examples of impulsion
But this remark seems more a strategic argument than a deep-rooted impulsion.
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Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
8 June 2026
What brought me freedom was realizing that the desire to be a help and a healer for others was more compelling to me than any morbid impulsion.
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Michelle Nanouche,
Christian Science Monitor,
26 Sep. 2025
That stage of young adulthood sits at a crossroads between a kind of societal awareness and youthful impulsion.
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Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
12 June 2025
Where these men once criticized Trump, the visible face of power in the U.S. now uses impulsion, aggression, and male egocentricity to offer him more power.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
4 Mar. 2025
Basically the same trick, with the take-off impulsion applied via the nose.
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John Leicester,
ajc,
24 July 2021
What impulsion drove you to make a film instead of writing another novel?
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Jordan Mintzer,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Sep. 2019
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
8 June 2026
What brought me freedom was realizing that the desire to be a help and a healer for others was more compelling to me than any morbid impulsion.
—
Michelle Nanouche,
Christian Science Monitor,
26 Sep. 2025
That stage of young adulthood sits at a crossroads between a kind of societal awareness and youthful impulsion.
—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
12 June 2025
Where these men once criticized Trump, the visible face of power in the U.S. now uses impulsion, aggression, and male egocentricity to offer him more power.
—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
4 Mar. 2025
Basically the same trick, with the take-off impulsion applied via the nose.
—
John Leicester,
ajc,
24 July 2021
What impulsion drove you to make a film instead of writing another novel?
—
Jordan Mintzer,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impulsion
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The pair described childhood bedrooms covered in surf magazine cutouts and boards decorated with stickers in imitation of pro riders, calling the capsule a nod to that same impulse to live inside surf culture even when not in the water.
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That storytelling impulse extends beyond the restaurant floor into Spooky Wine Society, a personal project built around horror, community and shared experience.
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Writers write from compulsion, from necessity.
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For me, one of these compulsions ended up being using the tracking app.
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In the months since his Administration rolled back long-standing sanctions, Venezuela’s ten-year sovereign bond has soared, and investors have flocked to Caracas with the zeal of bargain hunters at a flea market.
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While most would chalk Phil's zeal up to just being an old-school kind of guy, some fans postulate that the Shah of Iran is actually a closeted homosexual himself, and there are a few examples to back this up.
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New York City’s fiscal year starts on July 1, Wednesday, and Mayor Mamdani must continue to resist the City Council’s desire to expand CityFHEPS housing vouchers.
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Trump-administration officials have made no secret of their desire to purge the United States of nonwhite immigrants.
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Threading through all their stories is a wild bird – stolen from the forest, peddled in markets, caged in a home – whose restlessness becomes an emblem of every character’s longing to be free.
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The film’s first official trailer offers up a sweeping, dramatic look at the Dashwood life (like the highly relatable, ha, drama of being kicked out of their sprawling mansion), complete with plenty of longing and even a dash of mystery.
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For some families, that one change can reduce the urge to check every message.
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The urge to quit everything tends to grow from being everything to everyone, until there is nothing left for yourself.
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World Cup fans were united this weekend by a song synonymous with belonging, nostalgia and the yearning for home.
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This isn’t the old yearning for peace and quiet, but an impulse to rail against such things.
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Misha’s Cupcakes After 20 years of satisfying sweet cravings, the iconic Coral Gables cupcake shop founded by Miami native Misha Kuryla closed its Dixie Highway location.
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This finding specifically held true for people with fearful and preoccupied attachment styles, two subtypes of insecure attachment associated with a craving for intimacy but, respectively, a deep fear of it or a fear of rejection and abandonment.
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“Impulsion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impulsion. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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