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stimulus

[stim-yuh-luhs] / ˈstɪm jə ləs /


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The government’s fiscal stimulus package, directing hundreds of millions of euros into defense and infrastructure investments, also continues to feed through into the economy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Issuance in the sector has been booming in recent years as pandemic-era stimulus burns off and more borrowing is required to pay for things like schools, bridges and infrastructure.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

But the boom ended up smaller than anticipated and was followed by a predictable bust when federal stimulus dried up.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Pantheon Macro described the move as the largest stimulus in two years.

From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026

But I did hear the lispings, the whispers, the mutters which some day, under one stimulus or another, will surely grow into open revolt unless the conditions which produce Bigger Thomases are changed.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright

Yet Schoenbrun’s observations are presented in the film as though they’re opaque, overloaded with smug surrealism and jam-packed with visual stimuli designed to wink and nudge at the otherwise obvious.

From Salon ● Aug. 26, 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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