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stimulating

[stim-yuh-ley-ting] / ˈstɪm yəˌleɪ tɪŋ /


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Their dynamic was far more about stimulating the viewer than surprising them.

From Salon • Mar. 1, 2026

It may also result in better corporate margins, stimulating labor demand.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 24, 2026

"Our findings show that the brain's own defence against amyloid beta can be strengthened by stimulating these receptors," says Per Nilsson, docent at the Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet.

From Science Daily • Feb. 17, 2026

It was all a stimulating change from opera-house productions, which often lean on 18th-century elegance instead of exploring the seamy underside and corruption of the demimonde that is at the heart of the piece.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026

In this sense, statistics is to probability as engineering is to physics—an applied science based on a more intellectually stimulating foundational discipline.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos