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“They promote absorption within the bowel so they slow down movement within the bowel but they also may stimulate the bowel to grow.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Mandates can encourage deployment, but they can also inflate electricity prices, due to supply-and-demand imbalance, and stimulate imports.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026

There are other ways to provide enrichment, like rotating toys every day to stimulate exploration, using puzzle feeder dishes to satisfy hunting behaviors and playing videos for your cat showing birds or fish.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

Many experimental compounds designed to stimulate PPARδ work by binding directly to the receptor and activating it.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 5, 2026

They were giving her camphor and ammonia to stimulate her and to stop her vomiting.

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman

Sculptra is particularly interesting for this theme because it stimulates collagen production, rather than simply filling wrinkles.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 5, 2026

Many contain large amounts of caffeine, which stimulates the central nervous system and makes you feel more awake.

From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026

Fed governor Michael Barr has said that stronger productivity growth could push the neutral rate of interest—the theoretical rate that neither stimulates nor restricts growth—higher, not lower.

From Barron's ● Apr. 24, 2026

As sleep continues, growth hormone gradually builds up and stimulates the locus coeruleus, nudging the brain toward waking.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 30, 2026

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

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

Tests in animal models showed that BifidoSumIL-2 preferentially gathered inside tumors, stimulated immune activity, and slowed the growth of pancreatic cancer.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026

“That’s really what stimulated the conversation of the possibility.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 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

This “Animal Farm” is ignorant of the fact that kids need to be stimulated by more than scatalogical humor to actually influence their perspectives, rather than cater to their existing tastes and knowledge.

From Salon ● May 3, 2026

Jesse didn’t have to imagine this fate: Such people were all around him, ticked-off employees in their late thirties and forties, lots of them pleasant and adequately compensated, but few of them happy or stimulated.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz

"However, the effect occurs later, and the stimulating effect is often absent," the institute advised.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

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

Unfortunately, much of the rest of the work here is less stimulating.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

On the other hand, variety can be stimulating.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026

“It’s certainly more intellectually stimulating than video games.”

From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein