stirrings

plural of stirring

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of stirrings Still, for all the familiarity and the sturdy nature of the advance, some macro shifts and internal stirrings are worthy of some attention, especially as global tech stocks face a bit of a shakeout overnight Tuesday . Michael Santoli, CNBC, 23 June 2026 Founding Fathers will go from the stirrings of revolution to the long and bloody fight for independence, and on into the early years of the American republic. Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 18 May 2026 Those principles inspired the first stirrings of experimental education in the United States. Austin Sarat, The Conversation, 17 Apr. 2026 The first stirrings of the heat wave arrived Sunday, toppling daily high temperature records in Redwood City and San Rafael. Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 16 Mar. 2026 There are already stirrings suggesting that Democrats will try again. Niall Stanage, The Hill, 9 Jan. 2026 Only a small percentage of Costco’s workforce is unionized, but the company has seen new stirrings of union activity in recent years. Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025 Other indicators do suggest the stirrings of a more pronounced AI effect on jobs. Rob Wile, NBC news, 8 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stirrings
Noun
  • Val had chosen a literature elective and a class on resistance movements; Milly had chosen cinema and art history.
    ABC News, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The robot features a humanoid upper body designed for intuitive teleoperation, allowing operators to control its movements using a standard game controller or joystick from a safe distance, even when the robot is out of sight.
    Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 4 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • That sets off a rescue mission — and also creates dangerous shifts in present-day reality.
    Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Meanwhile, the line of waiting customers behind them shifts and grows.
    Elie Y. Katz, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • As for what comes next, Crowell said to keep an eye out for a few more business moves before the year is up.
    Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The team—engineers, policymakers, and operators—solves for that specific limit, and the boundary moves.
    John Werner, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Plus, its gravity ball moves along the track smoothly, which helps promote a nice rhythm to your motions.
    BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Separate motions also challenge the government’s legal theory and assert newsgathering protections.
    Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 7 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Refrigerated pie crust helps this pie come together with just a few stirs of the whisk.
    Patricia S York, Southern Living, 19 Apr. 2026

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“Stirrings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stirrings. Accessed 10 Aug. 2026.

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