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[stim-yuh-layt] / ˈstɪm jəˌleɪt /


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Fertility drugs that are used to stimulate egg production for retrieval and freezing are banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

In particular, vitamin D3 appeared to stimulate activity associated with type I interferon signaling, while vitamin D2 did not.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

It gives them more room to raise rates to fight inflation and space to cut them during a downturn to stimulate growth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

Mandates can encourage deployment, but they can also inflate electricity prices, due to supply-and-demand imbalance, and stimulate imports.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026

He suggested that I try taking Clomid, a drug meant to stimulate egg production, for a couple of months.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

In his view, the Fed may be adjusting its policy rate up toward a level that neither stimulates nor restricts economic growth.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 26, 2026

Hydroxyurea, a drug that stimulates production of fetal hemoglobin, has been shown to reduce pain crises and other complications—but it isn’t a cure.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

It is used to end pregnancies through 10 weeks gestation in combination with the drug misoprostol, which stimulates contractions and softens the cervix, allowing tissue to expel.

From Barron's ● May 10, 2026

Also known as Ziihera, Zanidatamab is an antibody treatment for patients with a higher-than-normal level of a protein called HER2, which stimulates tumours to grow.

From BBC ● May 2, 2026

When it comes to the lure of technology and the way it stimulates people, there’s one more comparison that researchers widely cite.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

At the same time, consuming fat before glucose stimulated an early increase in several hormones, including glucagon, GIP, and GLP-1.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

That willingness resulted in excess demand that ultimately stimulated acute demand-pull inflation—that is, price increases caused by demand outpacing available goods and services.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

“That’s really what stimulated the conversation of the possibility.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026

Five years ago, Rhi had a procedure to put a sacral nerve stimulation system in place - where the nerves controlling the bowel can be stimulated with a device implanted under the skin.

From BBC ● May 13, 2026

“Men and women must have their adrenals stimulated from time to time.”

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley

One of the most unexpected findings involved glucagon, a hormone generally known for raising blood sugar by stimulating the liver to release stored glucose.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

As a result, scientists may be limited to measuring or stimulating one brain layer at a time, even though many brain functions depend on communication among several layers and deeper structures.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026

"By working our jaw muscles we are stimulating blood flow to the brain."

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

Egg freezing involves stimulating the ovaries with hormone injections before mature eggs are surgically retrieved and preserved for possible future use through in vitro fertilization.

From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 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


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