as in increases
to make greater in size, amount, or number
hopefully, offering stock options will stoke workers' commitment to the company
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Recent Examples of stokes
But our societal fragmentation stokes consequences far beyond our personal feelings.
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Bing Chen, Time, 13 Mar. 2026
The Western intervention escalates the war and stokes fears of a wider global conflict.
—Erin Mansfield, USA Today, 1 Mar. 2026
But right now, given the dark passions that have been unleashed within MAGA and the leader of the movement, who stokes those passions several times each day, the chances of large-scale depolarization are vanishingly small.
—Peter Wehner, The Atlantic, 29 Jan. 2026
This transit stokes your sense of independence and even rebelliousness, inspiring you to strike out against convention and innovate more than ever.
—Maressa Brown, InStyle, 9 Jan. 2026
In a city heavily influenced by Buddhism and Taoism, living in apartments associated with ghastly deaths often stokes fear of bad fortune.
—Chris Lau, CNN Money, 31 Oct. 2025
Longer-term, cyclicals and financials are hanging in fine and there’s been no outright defensive turn in sector performance, as Wall Street for now sees a late-2025 soft patch ending as some fiscal help stokes activity in early 2026.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 29 Oct. 2025
The threat of mounting risk comes as a hiring slowdown stokes recession fears and inflation proves difficult to fully contain.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2025
The 45-second bass guitar solo on the outro stokes the flames of the Afropop track’s fiery nature.
—Heran Mamo, Billboard, 30 Sep. 2025
Bing Chen, Time, 13 Mar. 2026
The Western intervention escalates the war and stokes fears of a wider global conflict.
—Erin Mansfield, USA Today, 1 Mar. 2026
But right now, given the dark passions that have been unleashed within MAGA and the leader of the movement, who stokes those passions several times each day, the chances of large-scale depolarization are vanishingly small.
—Peter Wehner, The Atlantic, 29 Jan. 2026
This transit stokes your sense of independence and even rebelliousness, inspiring you to strike out against convention and innovate more than ever.
—Maressa Brown, InStyle, 9 Jan. 2026
In a city heavily influenced by Buddhism and Taoism, living in apartments associated with ghastly deaths often stokes fear of bad fortune.
—Chris Lau, CNN Money, 31 Oct. 2025
Longer-term, cyclicals and financials are hanging in fine and there’s been no outright defensive turn in sector performance, as Wall Street for now sees a late-2025 soft patch ending as some fiscal help stokes activity in early 2026.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 29 Oct. 2025
The threat of mounting risk comes as a hiring slowdown stokes recession fears and inflation proves difficult to fully contain.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2025
The 45-second bass guitar solo on the outro stokes the flames of the Afropop track’s fiery nature.
—Heran Mamo, Billboard, 30 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stokes
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CycloKinetics says the fuel improves combustion performance and increases energy density, helping missiles travel farther while improving standoff capability.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
6 May 2026
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Prioritize In-Flight Hydration Air travel greatly increases your risk of dehydration due to the extremely low humidity and lower cabin pressure.—
Anna Giorgi,
Verywell Health,
6 May 2026
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Meanwhile, the unceasing churn of clothing, footwear and accessories depletes soils, poisons the water, pollutes the air, drives deforestation, accelerates biodiversity loss and generates runaway planet-warming emissions that undermine brands’ lofty environmental ambitions.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Footwear News,
1 May 2026
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As the Pentagon accelerates adoption, scrutiny from within the tech sector is likely to intensify.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
1 May 2026
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Frontier expands routes, will cut less profitable ones Dempsey took over from longtime Frontier CEO Barry Biffle in December and has unwound some of his more aggressive expansion plans.—
Aldo Svaldi,
Denver Post,
8 May 2026
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If the College Football Playoff expands, the urgency of the regular season diminishes by comparison, and in a sport that had, inarguably, the greatest regular season in sports, that's a huge blow.—
Austin Perry OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
8 May 2026
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Consumers’ coffers have been buffered by larger tax refunds, wage gains (although slowing), and wealth boosts (particularly for upper-income consumers).—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN Money,
8 May 2026
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Supporting pollinators boosts biodiversity and helps maintain a healthy, thriving garden ecosystem.—
Lauren Landers,
The Spruce,
5 May 2026
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That turns the chatbot from a substitute for care into something that augments the therapeutic alliance between you and your care team.—
Sudheesha Perera,
Time,
6 May 2026
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This is the first of a new type of rideshare program flying to that orbit that augments SpaceX’s Transporter program that flies to SSO.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 May 2026
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School districts could then decide on their own whether to offer teachers raises and, if so, how big the pay hikes should be.—
Steven Walker,
The Orlando Sentinel,
12 May 2026
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These moves—when combined with other capital raises involving additional share issuances—have impacted the company’s stock price.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
12 May 2026
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