stirrings

plural of stirring

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Recent Examples of stirrings 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
  • Yet, Bilkie said, short-term market movements, like the decline in April, can serve as a reminder to review and rebalance portfolios.
    Susan Tompor, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
  • This may seem like an odd fit, but the Shakers differentiated themselves with their erratic movements (like shaking, hence the name), song, and dance while praying, so the genre proves to be an organic choice.
    Barry Levitt, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • With their wireless probe, equipped with five sensors, WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity, the focus shifts from time to temperature.
    Matt Emma, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
  • By removing color, the focus shifts to texture, light, gesture, and gaze — emphasizing the nuances of connection and the multiplicity of what love can look like beyond normative, romanticized ideals.
    Caterina De Biasio, Vogue, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Pace put different people through the paces of different things on different equipment and surfaces, ranging from some beginner movements to some rather acrobatic moves by a woman visiting from South Korea that looked a lot like gymnastics.
    Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • This trade is the latest dealing in what has been a flurry of moves for the Eagles in the past month.
    Kevin McCormick, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Tempo offsets some of our motions.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Macron can choose a new prime minister — the fifth PM in less than two years — or create a technocratic government, but both motions are likely to face the same political opposition to budget cuts.
    Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2025

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“Stirrings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stirrings. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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