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
Costlier crude stokes inflation worries and lifts Treasury yields, putting pressure on smaller and rate-sensitive companies even as investors wager a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz could eventually ease energy strains.
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Stan Choe,
Los Angeles Times,
1 June 2026
Arteta is the engine-room of that motivation at Arsenal, the one who stokes and tends to the project’s ambition, whose uncompromising standards drive everyone to perform better.
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James McNicholas,
New York Times,
19 May 2026
Recently, plans for data center buildouts have accelerated as growing adoption of large language models such as Chat GPT stokes demand for the infrastructure that undergirds them.
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Liz Napolitano,
CNBC,
11 May 2026
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Chris Lau,
CNN Money,
31 Oct. 2025
Stan Choe,
Los Angeles Times,
1 June 2026
Arteta is the engine-room of that motivation at Arsenal, the one who stokes and tends to the project’s ambition, whose uncompromising standards drive everyone to perform better.
—
James McNicholas,
New York Times,
19 May 2026
Recently, plans for data center buildouts have accelerated as growing adoption of large language models such as Chat GPT stokes demand for the infrastructure that undergirds them.
—
Liz Napolitano,
CNBC,
11 May 2026
But our societal fragmentation stokes consequences far beyond our personal feelings.
—
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stokes
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That increases borrowing costs across the wider economy, including people’s mortgage rates.
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People taking diuretics, beta-blockers or any transdermal medication patches should check with a doctor first since heat significantly increases drug absorption through the skin.
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Pipeline growth often accelerates for organizations that invest in content designed to genuinely help buyers evaluate challenges and make informed decisions.
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Shares have jumped 80% in the year to date as an ongoing memory supply crunch accelerates the adoption of lithography equipment for the production of semiconductors required to power the AI revolution.
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The speaker lineup also reflects just how far the festival expands of beyond traditional advertising.
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Human spaceflight often expands beyond purely technical or scientific endeavors into ones of national pride and importance.
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The Cleveland Clinic says drinking lemon water in the morning boosts your vitamin C and antioxidant intake.
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The American Academy of Pediatrics says recess is an important part of the school day for children and boosts learning.
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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.
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The core group now augments itself with the bass clarinetist Madison Greenstone, trombonist Weston Olencki, and, for the first time in the band’s history, vocals.
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The extreme heat has been supercharged by global warming, driven by humans burning fossil fuels, which raises the background temperature, making every heat wave more intense.
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Before Crowley was ousted, the city’s top financial analyst pushed back on her budget-cutting narrative, saying that spending on the Fire Department actually went up during that budget year — in large part because of a package of firefighter raises.
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“Stokes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stokes. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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