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as in arouses
to give life, vigor, or spirit to
research into alternative energy sources has been stimulated by this funding increase
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as in provokes
to rouse to strong feeling or action
the government crackdown has only stimulated the citizenry to more acts of violence
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Recent Examples of stimulates
The viral beauty gadget stimulates collagen, boosts circulation, and leaves you with plump, youthful results.
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Kyra Surgent, InStyle, 8 Jan. 2026
Continuing to seek out mental and social challenges stimulates brain metabolism, neuroplasticity and vascular health, according to Efrati, who also serves as chair of the medical advisory board at Aviv Clinics, which operates in Florida and Tel Aviv.
—Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 1 Jan. 2026
However, for people who’ve lost the ability to see, hear, or feel, the neuro-key offers hope of radical transformation for a better life, including through devices that can relay information that stimulates the same neurons that receive information from our eyes, ears, and skin.
—New Atlas, 29 Dec. 2025
Careful pruning improves their form, maintains a manageable size, and stimulates a bigger and better flower show.
—Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Dec. 2025
This helps keep blood vessels flexible and better able to produce nitric oxide (NO), a gas that stimulates vasodilation.
—Md Published, Verywell Health, 26 Dec. 2025
The mask also stimulates collagen production in a non-invasive way, to ensure your face card never declines.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 12 Dec. 2025
Or something that stimulates their inner foodie— a cooking class or something that elevates their hosting experience like these Estelle Colored Wine Stemware.
—Samantha Mims, Essence, 10 Dec. 2025
Mercury entering Sagittarius today stimulates your creative faculties.
—Usa Today, USA Today, 29 Oct. 2025
Kyra Surgent, InStyle, 8 Jan. 2026
Continuing to seek out mental and social challenges stimulates brain metabolism, neuroplasticity and vascular health, according to Efrati, who also serves as chair of the medical advisory board at Aviv Clinics, which operates in Florida and Tel Aviv.
—Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 1 Jan. 2026
However, for people who’ve lost the ability to see, hear, or feel, the neuro-key offers hope of radical transformation for a better life, including through devices that can relay information that stimulates the same neurons that receive information from our eyes, ears, and skin.
—New Atlas, 29 Dec. 2025
Careful pruning improves their form, maintains a manageable size, and stimulates a bigger and better flower show.
—Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Dec. 2025
This helps keep blood vessels flexible and better able to produce nitric oxide (NO), a gas that stimulates vasodilation.
—Md Published, Verywell Health, 26 Dec. 2025
The mask also stimulates collagen production in a non-invasive way, to ensure your face card never declines.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 12 Dec. 2025
Or something that stimulates their inner foodie— a cooking class or something that elevates their hosting experience like these Estelle Colored Wine Stemware.
—Samantha Mims, Essence, 10 Dec. 2025
Mercury entering Sagittarius today stimulates your creative faculties.
—Usa Today, USA Today, 29 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stimulates
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More than three devices is considered a cluster that arouses interest.—
Carolyn Forché,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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That intense scarcity arouses a FOMO among very wealthy car lovers that allows Ferrari to charge prices like $250,000 for one of its entry-level cars, and $3 million for a hypercar like its F80.—
Phil Wahba,
Fortune,
27 Oct. 2025
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Fogel is always looking for the visual angle that provokes an emotional response.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
22 Jan. 2026
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This ends up being just one of Aemond’s defining moments, which further provokes war.—
Skyler Trepel,
PEOPLE,
19 Jan. 2026
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Paul Mescal stirs as the Bard, complete with an earring, but his co-star Buckley breathes heart-wrenching life into Hamnet.—
Savannah Salazar,
Vulture,
23 Jan. 2026
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Your 4th House of Family gets busy as information-gathering Mercury stirs plans, while auspicious Jupiter highlights your 10th House of Accomplishments.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
14 Jan. 2026
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Poetry Out Loud encourages high school students to learn about great poetry—both classic and contemporary—through memorization, performance, and competition.—
News Release,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Jan. 2026
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Mitchell encourages people to have enough of their meds for at least 36 hours to get through next Tuesday and Wednesday, and to anticipate the pharmacies will be closed at least on Sunday.—
Lauren Linder,
CBS News,
23 Jan. 2026
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Own your path so authenticity energizes every step forward.—
Tarot.com,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 Jan. 2026
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The temperamental Moon energizes your 8th House of Intimacy, while extravagant Jupiter emboldens your 11th House of Community.—
Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
24 Jan. 2026
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Part of the writer’s job—well, maybe all of it—is to leave behind a text that inspires feeling and debate.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Jan. 2026
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Artificial intelligence inspires both excitement and anxiety, and few people are as well equipped to separate signal from noise as Rajeev Kapur.—
Rodger Dean Duncan,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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March is always madness, but this month intensifies matters as Mars activates your relationship zone (between March 2 and April 9), bringing complexities, buried desires and unspoken resentments to the surface.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
28 Jan. 2026
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Neuroscience has long shown that watching another person experience pain activates the same neural regions as experiencing pain ourselves.—
Dev Patnaik,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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That question is a primordial, primitive question that animates many of us our whole lives without realizing it.—
Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
16 Jan. 2026
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Today, similar prudence animates concerns about NATO and broader trans-Atlantic ties in an era when Europe has undergone profound transformations through mass migration, supranational governance, demographic decline, and shifting cultural priorities.—
Daniel Ross Goodman,
The Washington Examiner,
9 Jan. 2026
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