impulse
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But what happens when those impulse buys become a habit rather than a one-off?
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Policymakers are closely watching whether spillovers into wages and prices will create an inflationary impulse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Olsen: I like that you had the impulse.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
That White House staffers apparently felt comfortable anonymously attacking Holmes in personal terms suggests that the impulse has trickled down too.
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026
I set the forks and knives on our individual place mats, these impulse buys at the corner store when our money situation was a little better than it is now.
From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
The "stagflationary impulses from weaker foreign demand and higher domestic prices are going to be disproportionately felt by Canada," warned ING chief international economist James Knightley.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
M is not governed by the usual impulses of the civilian; she has no use for love or hate, desire or abnegation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
Examples can include speaking too loudly in a library or struggling to control impulses, difficulties that can occur with ADHD.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026
But if you’re honest, you also loved watching the guy dumb enough to buy it fume over the futility of his impulses.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026
My preoccupation with curbing my impulses, my speech, my movements, my manner, my expressions had increased my anxiety.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
Vocabulary lists containing impulse
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