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impulsion

[im-puhl-shuhn] / ɪmˈpʌl ʃən /












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Basically the same trick, with the take-off impulsion applied via the nose.

From Seattle Times Jul. 24, 2021

“The singer might change the harmonic impulsion or narrative function.”

From New York Times Jul. 24, 2017

Unfortunately for this argument, throughout the history of the subcontinent, there has existed an impulsion for unity.

From The Guardian Mar. 8, 2017

“Man feels the same impulsion, but knows that he is free to acquiesce or resist.”

From The New Yorker Jun. 25, 2012

If the wind should shift, the fire “might invade the South Division itself, and come up under the impulsion of that fierce wind, and where should we all be then?”

From "The Great Fire" by Jim Murphy




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