impulse
Example Sentences
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Nonfood instant-retail orders exceeded 18 million a day, showing the model is moving beyond impulse meals.
From Barron's • May 23, 2026
“But currently the AI infrastructure build-out is delivering an inflationary impulse to the economy.”
From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026
The groups said these features exploit children's "developmental vulnerabilities", particularly around impulse control and peer pressure.
From BBC • May 20, 2026
We regret having to relate such details, but it is crucial to remember when the understandable human impulse is to forget such horrors.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 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
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Vocabulary lists containing impulse
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