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
The results skyrocketed Pasquantino into rarefied air and gave him the tools to help jump-start the Royals’ offense.
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Kansas City Star, 28 Aug. 2025
The Stellantis automaker unveiled a new Jeep Cherokee on Thursday, the latest move to try to jump-start sales.
—Laya Neelakandan, CNBC, 21 Aug. 2025
Arabica rules—more than 150 million people in this country jump-start their day with a java jolt.
—Catharine Kaufman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Aug. 2025
The simulated reactor designs use a particle accelerator to jump-start atom-splitting reactions in the nuclear waste.
—Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 18 Aug. 2025
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Kansas City Star, 28 Aug. 2025
The Stellantis automaker unveiled a new Jeep Cherokee on Thursday, the latest move to try to jump-start sales.
—Laya Neelakandan, CNBC, 21 Aug. 2025
Arabica rules—more than 150 million people in this country jump-start their day with a java jolt.
—Catharine Kaufman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Aug. 2025
The simulated reactor designs use a particle accelerator to jump-start atom-splitting reactions in the nuclear waste.
—Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 18 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jump-start
stimulate
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For the first part of the trial, Mowery spent 10 days in the hospital while doctors created a grid of more than 100 points on his head to try to find different circuits or certain activation for pain by watching and stimulating his brain.—
Jen Christensen,
CNN Money,
7 Sep. 2025
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Drinking coffee may stimulate an increase in acid production in the stomach.—
Carrie Madormo,
Verywell Health,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Jump-start.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jump-start. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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