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stimulate

[stim-yuh-leyt] / ˈstɪm yəˌleɪt /


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While it is early days, Patrik Jonsson, head of Lilly International, argued that the generics are helping to stimulate demand.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

New settings can stimulate the body, raise metabolic activity, and help activate self organizing processes that keep biological systems working smoothly.

From Science Daily • May 4, 2026

"There was an element of me just experimenting, trying to stimulate myself."

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

Rollins says the administration will tap into the hundreds of billions of dollars in tariff revenue to stimulate domestic fertilizer production.

From Salon • Apr. 25, 2026

That’s the principle of vaccination: to stimulate our antibody production without our having to go through the actual experience of the disease, by inoculating us with a dead or weakened strain of microbe.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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