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Recent Examples of stimulatory
For the uninitiated, analog bags are essentially bags that are filled with tactile, low-stimulatory activities that are screenless yet totally engaging, like books, crafts, and journals.
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Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 28 Jan. 2026
Yet stimulatory or not, America’s economy has a mountain to climb before Washington’s debts align more appropriately with its economic context.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2025
Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 28 Jan. 2026
Yet stimulatory or not, America’s economy has a mountain to climb before Washington’s debts align more appropriately with its economic context.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stimulatory
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Summers played an instrumental role in designing the stimulative policies that were used to get the US economy back on track after the Great Financial Crisis.—
Matt Egan,
CNN Money,
25 Feb. 2026
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Thus, despite Bessent’s cheery promises, the historical record of the stimulative effects of financial de-regulation has not proved out.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
21 Dec. 2025
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Writer/director Hammer, though, downplays the melodrama inherent to this scenario, even while shooting sequences, whether in Martin and Leslie’s apartment or in various hospitals, with a bracing handheld intimacy.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
17 Feb. 2026
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The dancing was kinetic and unrelenting, the show studded with myriad Easter eggs reflecting his heritage, the spectacle one of the most bracing and heartfelt the NFL has hosted in recent history.—
Jason Lamphier,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 Feb. 2026
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Few things are more rewarding than growing your own produce at home, from delicious summer tomatoes to refreshing spring peas.—
Madeline Buiano,
Martha Stewart,
26 Feb. 2026
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The Chardonnay is produced in California, and has a golden wheat color and crisp, refreshing notes of apple, honey, stonefruit, and lemon.—
Abigail Wilt,
Southern Living,
26 Feb. 2026
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“Stimulatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stimulatory. Accessed 1 Mar. 2026.
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