as in incentives
something that arouses action or activity
seeing a Broadway play for the first time was the stimulus for her career in the theater
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Recent Examples of stimuli
The receptors in your hands respond to myriad stimuli-like pressures—vibrations in sync with 15 different families of neurons.
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Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2025
There’s so much stimuli that I get really pumped doing it.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 24 Sep. 2025
However, perhaps one of its greatest strengths is the use of smart materials that respond to external stimuli.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 24 Sep. 2025
But the less obvious stimuli for weeping can also be seen as the diametrical opposites of the things that make a joke funny.
—Big Think, 23 Sep. 2025
May Help Reduce Inflammation Inflammation is the body’s natural response to harmful stimuli and pathogens, such as fungi, bacteria, or viruses.
—Johna Burdeos, Health, 22 Sep. 2025
Here, the researchers homed in on individuals that did not find music pleasurable, but still enjoyed other rewarding stimuli.
—Jay Kakade
august 10, New Atlas, 10 Aug. 2025
This barrage of sensory stimuli asks more of our cognition than it is equipped to handle.
—Richard E. Cytowic, TIME, 23 Dec. 2024
Light stimuli might still feel irritating.
—Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 16 Dec. 2024
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2025
There’s so much stimuli that I get really pumped doing it.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 24 Sep. 2025
However, perhaps one of its greatest strengths is the use of smart materials that respond to external stimuli.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 24 Sep. 2025
But the less obvious stimuli for weeping can also be seen as the diametrical opposites of the things that make a joke funny.
—Big Think, 23 Sep. 2025
May Help Reduce Inflammation Inflammation is the body’s natural response to harmful stimuli and pathogens, such as fungi, bacteria, or viruses.
—Johna Burdeos, Health, 22 Sep. 2025
Here, the researchers homed in on individuals that did not find music pleasurable, but still enjoyed other rewarding stimuli.
—Jay Kakade
august 10, New Atlas, 10 Aug. 2025
This barrage of sensory stimuli asks more of our cognition than it is equipped to handle.
—Richard E. Cytowic, TIME, 23 Dec. 2024
Light stimuli might still feel irritating.
—Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 16 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stimuli
Noun
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Tesla had a first-mover advantage in China in 2013, leveraging the government’s support of EVs with subsidies and incentives and its production base and opening a gigafactory in Shanghai in 2019.—
Rebecca A. Fannin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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Company finances via private and public funds, through co-productions, incentives and strategic partners.—
Anna Marie de la Fuente,
Variety,
1 Oct. 2025
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Ward and Curlee also started the app Counterbalance, which provides daily encouragements, recipes, community and more.—
Emy LaCroix,
People.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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“Stimuli.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stimuli. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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