stimulating

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Not everyone has a job that is purely intellectually stimulating and can be carried into their senior years, but it helps.

From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026

The U.K. rate setter estimates that the interest rate at which the BOE is neither stimulating nor restraining the economy is 3%, while the current rate is 3.75%.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Nutrient levels - primarily phosphorus - in the lough, from agriculture and wastewater, play a key role in stimulating the blooms' growth.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

The team wanted to determine whether these variants also disrupt GLP-1, a hormone produced in the gut that helps control blood sugar after meals by stimulating insulin release, slowing stomach emptying, and reducing appetite.

From Science Daily • Apr. 12, 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