stirrings

plural of stirring

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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
  • The difficulties facing two of Europe’s leading far right figures underscored right-wing movements’ failure to coalesce behind their sizable polling advantages.
    Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 7 July 2026
  • Ahead of the football World Cup, Boston Dynamics released a video showing Atlas studying football footage before accurately recreating player movements, including controlling and passing a ball during a practice session.
    Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 7 July 2026
Noun
  • But all the shifts in time and point of view — and the lingering over details, both telling and not — have a downside.
    Julia M. Klein, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
  • The strongest drivers behind these strategic shifts were ESG requirements, the deployment of new technologies like AI that enables operational evolution and a desire for agility and resilience.
    Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 7 July 2026
Noun
  • Atlas performed a series of soccer moves developed using a combination of motion retargeting, reinforcement learning and whole-body control.
    Clemente Lisi, Forbes.com, 6 July 2026
  • Such moves are especially worrisome for Capital Economics, which pointed out that similar selloffs have previously only happened during bear markets like during the Asian financial crisis, the dot-com bubble, and the Great Financial Crisis.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 5 July 2026
Noun
  • Massage it in circular motions to create warmth for better absorption.
    BestReviews, Mercury News, 9 July 2026
  • In both cases, the parties have until May 17, 2027, to file dispositive motions seeking to resolve each case without a trial.
    Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 9 July 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 13 Jul. 2026.

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