stimulation

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Recent Examples of stimulation The soft frame stands independently and offers several stimulation options, including a black-and-white spinning ball and a rotating bee. — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 19 Aug. 2026 Those spaces allow guests to step away from the crowds, noise and other stimulation. — Nick Lunemann, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026 Compression boots, massage guns and electrical stimulation devices are now marketed directly to recreational athletes, often with the promises of faster recovery or better performance. — Adam Annaccone, The Conversation, 18 Aug. 2026 Unlike deep brain stimulation, which requires opening the skull, this new treatment is non-invasive. — Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 18 Aug. 2026 Egg freezing costs can hit $47,000 A single egg freezing cycle, including hormone stimulation and the retrieval procedure, costs around $16,000, on average, according to FertilityIQ, a fertility data and education platform. — Annie Nova, CNBC, 15 Aug. 2026 Whether that category expands beyond vitamin D stimulation will be determined by larger independent trials and real-world outcomes. — Tanya Akim, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026 The strategy could be used to access iron-rich rock for hydrogen stimulation. — IEEE Spectrum, 11 Aug. 2026 Both receptors are common on human airway cells High levels of stimulation are detrimental, the researchers wrote, whereas moderate levels indicating small amounts of time spent in cowsheds seemed to be beneficial. — Baltimore Sun, Boston Herald, 9 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stimulation
  1. stimulus
  2. incentive
  3. encouragement
  4. inducement
  5. stimulant
Noun
  • The third is to develop novel variations of your stimuli or your benchmark items in order to test robustness and generalization.
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The country on Monday reported disappointing retail sales and industrial production growth for July, fueling hopes for more rate cuts and stimulus.
    — Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of stimulus
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  • The merger threatens to push production further abroad amid an already ongoing exodus, as well as to other states with cushy tax incentives.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 21 Aug. 2026
  • When compensation is tied to conversion, the incentive structure can encourage aggressive and off-brand marketing tactics.
    — Ivan Doruda, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of incentive
Noun
  • His first words offered encouragement that it can be achieved.
    — Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Palmer himself paced the room on a phone call, doling out smiles of encouragement and inspiring a hushed reverence in his wake.
    — Colleen McNally Arnett, Southern Living, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of encouragement
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  • Examples of inducement include acceptance of tuition payment or the offer or acceptance of any other valuable consideration.
    — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The House settlement authorizes the CSC to review NIL deals for evidence of possible recruiting inducements and similar forms of compensation used to sway where athletes decide to play.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of inducement
Noun
  • Cocaine is classified as a stimulant and substance of abuse on the WADA Prohibited List and is banned in competition under tennis anti-doping rules.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The tablets, which are a blend of the stimulant with caffeine and other adulterants, are particularly common in South and Southeast Asia.
    — Chas Newkey-Burden, TheWeek, 18 Aug. 2026
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