as in to stimulate
to give life, vigor, or spirit to
an intentionally provocative comment that was supposed to jump-start the discussion
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Recent Examples of jump-start
Trump’s letter sparked talks The negotiations Saturday come after Trump wrote to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, trying to jump-start direct talks between Tehran and Washington.
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Jon Gambrell, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2025
Their liberation came as France and the rest of Europe are trying to jump-start talks with Iran over its rapidly advancing nuclear program.
—arkansasonline.com, 21 Mar. 2025
Recent experiments suggest that those sprays of water may have helped jump-start chemical reactions that produced the building blocks of life.
—Kiona N. Smith, Space.com, 19 Mar. 2025
If the jump-start came from microlightning in water sprays, rather than full-sized lightning strikes over water, Zare and his colleagues say that could solve the problem and give life to a new version of the old hypothesis.
—Kiona N. Smith, Space.com, 19 Mar. 2025
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Jon Gambrell, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2025
Their liberation came as France and the rest of Europe are trying to jump-start talks with Iran over its rapidly advancing nuclear program.
—arkansasonline.com, 21 Mar. 2025
Recent experiments suggest that those sprays of water may have helped jump-start chemical reactions that produced the building blocks of life.
—Kiona N. Smith, Space.com, 19 Mar. 2025
If the jump-start came from microlightning in water sprays, rather than full-sized lightning strikes over water, Zare and his colleagues say that could solve the problem and give life to a new version of the old hypothesis.
—Kiona N. Smith, Space.com, 19 Mar. 2025
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The importance of daylight The infrared light found in daylight can modulate inflammation, stimulate collagen production, prevent neurodegeneration, and even optimize mitochondria, which produce energy inside our cells.—
Ana Morales,
Vogue,
18 Apr. 2025
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Greece started its golden visa program in 2013 to stabilize housing prices and stimulate growth in a country facing a recession, skyrocketing unemployment, and austerity measures imposed by international lenders.—
Meehika Barua,
HubSpot,
18 Apr. 2025
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“Jump-start.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jump-start. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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