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Recent Examples of stimulation
The brain needs time to shift out of the day, so a bath, quiet reading or low-stimulation play in the 30 to 60 minutes before bed can go a long way.
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Avery Newmark, AJC.com, 10 Mar. 2026
Unlike most opioids, buprenorphine only partially activates opioid receptors, providing enough stimulation to prevent withdrawal and cravings while not causing euphoria.
—Rachel French, The Conversation, 10 Mar. 2026
Jaffal saw electrical muscle stimulation (EMS) as more than a curiosity for elite athletes.
—William Jones, USA Today, 9 Mar. 2026
Providing an alternative will cause confusion — as well as too much sugar stimulation for the young guests.
—Judith Martin, Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2026
Most of the time, Medicare wouldn’t cover the stimulation device or the electrodes.
—Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 5 Mar. 2026
Reporting 19 February in Science, the researchers also showed how exposures to rhythmic daily glucose cycles and brief pulses of electrical stimulation sharpened the glucose responsiveness of the cells, suggesting that the road to islet maturity can be engineered, not merely observed.
—IEEE Spectrum, 4 Mar. 2026
However, studying or interpreting brain signals with ultrasound is far more complex than delivering targeted stimulation.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 2 Mar. 2026
And so would a few cups of stimulation.
—Ed Silverman, STAT, 2 Mar. 2026
Avery Newmark, AJC.com, 10 Mar. 2026
Unlike most opioids, buprenorphine only partially activates opioid receptors, providing enough stimulation to prevent withdrawal and cravings while not causing euphoria.
—Rachel French, The Conversation, 10 Mar. 2026
Jaffal saw electrical muscle stimulation (EMS) as more than a curiosity for elite athletes.
—William Jones, USA Today, 9 Mar. 2026
Providing an alternative will cause confusion — as well as too much sugar stimulation for the young guests.
—Judith Martin, Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2026
Most of the time, Medicare wouldn’t cover the stimulation device or the electrodes.
—Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 5 Mar. 2026
Reporting 19 February in Science, the researchers also showed how exposures to rhythmic daily glucose cycles and brief pulses of electrical stimulation sharpened the glucose responsiveness of the cells, suggesting that the road to islet maturity can be engineered, not merely observed.
—IEEE Spectrum, 4 Mar. 2026
However, studying or interpreting brain signals with ultrasound is far more complex than delivering targeted stimulation.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 2 Mar. 2026
And so would a few cups of stimulation.
—Ed Silverman, STAT, 2 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stimulation
Noun
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Our market reacts to rate cuts more than any other stimulus.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
8 Mar. 2026
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But economists expressed disappointment over the government’s limited stimulus.—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
5 Mar. 2026
Noun
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That’s largely because the city of San Diego has been ahead of this curve for years, reducing regulations, creating incentives to build lower-cost housing and doing away with zoning restrictions.—
Michael Smolens,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Mar. 2026
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Investors leverage this report to measure tightness in the labor market, which influences expectations around wage inflation; in a hot labor market, businesses need to pay up to attract talent, but when there are way more job-seekers than openings, less financial incentives are needed.—
Zev Fima,
CNBC,
8 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Measuring, analyzing, cautioning, dispensing encouragement.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Mar. 2026
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When one dog needed encouragement to run through the tunnel, Magnuson intervened, shortening it to a few feet.—
Steve Sadin,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The material contained on this site is intended to inform, entertain and educate the reader and in no way represents an inducement to gamble legally or illegally or any sort of professional advice.—
Jalen Williams,
Freep.com,
6 Mar. 2026
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The material contained on this site is intended to inform, entertain and educate the reader and in no way represents an inducement to gamble legally or illegally or any sort of professional advice.—
Terry Collins,
USA Today,
25 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Naloxone, the active drug in Narcan, is only effective on opioids and not on stimulants like cocaine, which would suggest the substance Dick used was adulterated with an opiate such as fentanyl.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
4 Mar. 2026
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The Food and Drug Administration has approved different medications to treat alcohol, opioid and nicotine use disorders, but none exist for cannabis, stimulants such as cocaine or sedatives such as benzodiazepine.—
Kaitlin Sullivan,
NBC news,
4 Mar. 2026
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“Stimulation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stimulation. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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