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stimulus

[stim-yuh-luhs] / ˈstɪm jə ləs /


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“Despite the goal with these incentives being to attract filmmaking and lead to economic stimulus, that’s not materialized in the data,” Button said.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2026

Beijing has signaled little appetite for major stimulus despite a slowdown in economic momentum.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

"The Takaichi government is moving into an exciting new phase of Abenomics, as nearly 15 years of powerful stimulus have created durable, robust underlying economic dynamics," he added.

From Barron's Aug. 3, 2026

China’s factories are showing new signs of weakness, risking a sharper slowdown in growth—though not enough, it appears, to push Beijing into delivering major new stimulus.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 3, 2026

According to this authority, “The peak between three and four years of age can hardly have any other interpretation than exposure of the young organism to a mutagenic stimulus around the time of birth.”

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

They employ all manners of external stimuli and self-optimization techniques to approach even a fraction of what your heart is naturally capable of.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

They also had delayed responses to visual stimuli, pointing to slower visual processing and reduced brain signaling efficiency.

From Science Daily May 22, 2026

At the hospital, one of the officers requested that Cervantes submit to a “subjective sobriety test” that included measuring her eye’s response to stimuli, according to the complaint.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 7, 2026

Set aside all the academic debates about how many words a young child should hear; parents’ job is to expose their kids to stimuli that expand their thinking.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 19, 2025

“It’ll only take a second. And I concentrate best when I block out external stimuli, so I wouldn’t waste any time if I were you.”

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx




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