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as in encouraged
to fill with courage or strength of purpose
the rousing campaign speech inspired everyone to get out the vote
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as in elicited
to draw out (something hidden, latent, or reserved)
what inspired that comment?
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as in educated
to provide (someone) with moral or spiritual understanding
great works of visual art can inspire us in ways that the written word often cannot
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Recent Examples of inspired
Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 29 Apr. 2026
As road trip season gets underway, travelers can expect Love’s to have a new array of seasonally inspired food, all prepared fresh in-store daily.
—Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 29 Apr. 2026
Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 16 May 2026
What inspired you to respond to it directly?
—David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2026
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Adjective
Founded in 2014, Bollinger’s original plan was to bring a series of retro-inspired, off-road-ready trucks and SUVs—think boxy mashups of the Mercedes-Benz G-Wagon and Ford Broncos—to the market.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 29 Apr. 2026
As road trip season gets underway, travelers can expect Love’s to have a new array of seasonally inspired food, all prepared fresh in-store daily.
—Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 29 Apr. 2026
Verb
Another superb show featured Matthew Wong, a painter of intimate, hauntingly lovely figurative works inspired by van Gogh and Matisse.
—Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 16 May 2026
What inspired you to respond to it directly?
—David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inspired
Adjective
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Stramp said Koeninger, who has a 6-foot-3, 210 pound frame, is the most talented to every come through the program, and emphasized his variety of tools, which includes elite fielding, pitching and hitting.—
Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 May 2026
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And there is one factor above all else that explains why the terrifically talented trio is hitting so terribly.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 May 2026
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Jimenez’s ‘Si Senor’ song was belted out at regular intervals and fans would have been encouraged to hear the Mexican, speaking after the game, open up the prospect of a return to Wolves when his Fulham contract expires this summer.—
Steve Madeley,
New York Times,
18 May 2026
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Matching the anything-goes vibe that flows through the resort, the breezy restaurant pavilion is merely a suggestion—ordering lunch or dinner to your private terrace, a candlelit table on the beach, or one of the dozen-or-so secret seating nooks scattered around the property is actively encouraged.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
18 May 2026
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But Jeffries’s efforts, which have achieved mixed results, have also elicited concerns from some of his supporters.—
Jason Zengerle,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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An immune response to the Zaire species, elicited by a vaccine, is unlikely to protect against Bundibugyo.—
Klinger Soares Faico Filho,
The Conversation,
18 May 2026
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The actress explained that becoming more educated and confident changed the dynamic between she and reporters.—
Virginia Chamlee,
PEOPLE,
13 May 2026
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The district is highly educated and is considered to favor thoughtful candidates with extensive resumes and detailed policy platforms.—
Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
9 May 2026
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Instead, the expert believes that the gifted portraitist and Turner contemporary John Opie painted the 24-year-old artist in circa 1799.—
Devorah Lauter,
ARTnews.com,
14 May 2026
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Vanyel Ashkevron is not one of the gifted—not when the book starts, anyway.—
The Atlantic,
The Atlantic,
14 May 2026
Verb
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The lobby’s elevator doors opened and a woman with a giant white saucer on her head and a matching floor-length coat, embellished with red splotches that evoked stab wounds, slowly exited.—
Jane Bua,
New Yorker,
14 May 2026
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His 39 points on 13-of-18 shooting in Game 3, including 16 in the fourth, evoked images of Hakeem Olajuwon torturing post defenders.—
Zach Harper,
New York Times,
12 May 2026
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Leah became chief creative officer of the niche fragrance line Skylar and was on Forbes’s 2026 30 Under 30 list for her social media reach.—
Anna Peele,
Vanity Fair,
14 May 2026
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The creative team is not so much interested in nostalgia but feels there is a timely urgency behind revisiting the model’s life.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
14 May 2026
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Sign up for our weekly, original newsletter that goes beyond the annual Disruptor 50 list, offering a closer look at list-making companies and their innovative founders.—
Krysta Escobar,
CNBC,
19 May 2026
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Goldschmied exits Daily Blue to launch Goldie, another woman’s jeans brands characterized by innovative production techniques like the use of pigments and garment dyeing.—
Maria Cristina Pavarini,
Footwear News,
18 May 2026
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