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adjective

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Recent Examples of stimulant
Noun
In 2023, more than 7 in 10 adults in the US who were prescribed stimulant ADHD medications had problems filling their prescriptions because the medications were unavailable, according to 2024 data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Dr. Jill Grimes, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025 There’s some suggestion that the drugs might work for stimulant use disorders as well, and Robertson’s eyes lit up with the promise all of that suggests. Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 19 Aug. 2025
Adjective
Caffeine is a stimulant that boosts alertness, energy and brain activity. Dr. Mark Corkins, Boston Herald, 14 Sep. 2025 According to the Drug Enforcement Administration, kratom can be a stimulant when used in low doses, increasing alertness and physical energy. Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for stimulant
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stimulant
Noun
  • Washington can stomach Sarr’s undisciplined shot diet because the team, still early in its rebuild, has little incentive to win right now.
    Josh Robbins, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Finance is full of bad incentives and outright exploitation.
    Big Think, Big Think, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Made without parabens, soaps or alcohols, the hypoallergenic wipes are great for all skin types, including sensitive skin.
    Christopher Murray may earn a commission if you buy through our referral links. This content was created by a team that works independently from the Fox newsroom., FOXNews.com, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Chocolate, caffeine, alcohol, and raw dough all pose serious risks due to toxic ingredients or fermentation byproducts.
    Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Of course—even if students read less, and do less of their own writing, and skip class more often, and are graded on elevator pitches given to computers—college could remain a stimulating and fun experience.
    Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2025
  • In it, Sunset has picked 10 tasting rooms (or appellations with good tasting options), from classic vineyards to producers of zero-proof beverages, that should delight everyone with their delectable offerings, innovative techniques and visually stimulating atmospheres.
    John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 25 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • To him, animal behavior was largely based on stimulus and response.
    Danny Robb, JSTOR Daily, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The receptors in your hands respond to myriad stimuli-like pressures—vibrations in sync with 15 different families of neurons.
    Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Early in the investigation, authorities searched trash cans in the alley outside the Rainbow Room for knives but tested only a few of the liquor bottles in the club for prints.
    Keith Sharon, Nashville Tennessean, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Struggling to survive in Prohibition Chicago, with the police on their tail and an Irish assassin hot on their tracks, the women resort to crime, selling bootleg liquor to the Irish mob.
    Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The impetus for Redeux Style was to teach people how to create beautiful moments in their lives to be more sustainable.
    Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 26 Sep. 2025
  • There was enough of an impetus, there was enough energy there.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 25 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The omakase experience is $80 per person and will include 11 courses and a welcome drink.
    Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Each card had a corresponding cocktail that went with it, which left the final drink of the night in fate’s hands.
    Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The optimism and creativity in London in the macro-climate is impressive and invigorating.
    Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2025
  • In 1979, Birkin began an affair with the filmmaker Jacques Doillon, who was thirty-five to her thirty-two—an invigorating change from Gainsbourg, eighteen years her senior.
    Anahid Nersessian, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025

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“Stimulant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stimulant. Accessed 10 Oct. 2025.

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