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stimulate

[stim-yuh-leyt] / ˈstɪm jəˌleɪt /


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These new drugs – including Ozempic and Wegovy – mimic the GLP-1 hormone to stimulate insulin release, slow digestion, and increase feelings of fullness.

From Science Daily Aug. 12, 2026

They say vaccines today are more precise and stimulate the immune system with fewer antigens than vaccines in the past while protecting against more diseases.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

Researchers say the particles may stimulate excessive production of reactive oxygen species, which are harmful molecules that can place cells under stress.

From Science Daily Aug. 6, 2026

Yet Beijing has signaled little appetite for steps sought by some economists to stimulate growth, such as significantly expanding social-welfare spending and stepping up support for the beleaguered real-estate industry.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 3, 2026

The auditory cortex has areas that process pitch, while other areas of the brain combine biology and culture to stimulate the limbic system to respond emotionally to music.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

Reynoso said the betting "stimulates many senses" for the animals on top of providing entertainment for an audience giddy with excitement ahead of the world's biggest football bonanza.

From Barron's Jun. 6, 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 adults were treated with thyroid hormone, which stimulates liver cell growth, their cells began accumulating mutations at rates similar to those seen in juveniles.

From Science Daily Apr. 29, 2026

For starters, the policy rate is currently at the lower end of the estimated growth range for neutral, a level that neither stimulates or subtracts from growth.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 18, 2026

This substance evidently stimulates the normal wording behavior in the hive.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd

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

The researchers gently stimulated the animals' vellus-like hairs using a small loop of thread to produce mechanical itch.

From Science Daily Jul. 14, 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

We watch when we are stimulated by all the whizzes and bangs of the medium.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell

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

Consistently low rates would rebalance the economy in favor of debtors, he thought, and reduce incentives for people to hoard money and instead encourage them to spend and invest, thereby stimulating employment.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

On the other hand, variety can be stimulating.

From MarketWatch Jul. 13, 2026

IVF involves stimulating the ovaries to produce eggs, retrieving them, fertilising them in a laboratory and then implanting the resulting embryo back into the womb.

From BBC Jun. 26, 2026

Mr. Nielsen is a member of the chamber of commerce, and conversations often include discussion of initiatives and plans for stimulating business in this “unruly” economy, as he calls it.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline




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