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Stimulus
"Stimulus" in a Sentence (16 examples)
Light is the stimulus that causes a flower to open.
The doctor says stimulus is needed for appetite.
A nerve cell responds to a slight stimulus.
The stimulus package was heavily criticised.
Oh, buddy, what I need is a strong stimulus, in the most hedonistic meaning of the word.
He doesn't respond to the stimulus.
In response to the virus, South Korea has announced a nearly $10 billion economic stimulus package.
Among other measures, the stimulus package will allow business owners to get cheaper loans.
Trump’s administration is seeking to get Congress to approve an infusion of as much as $850 billion into the economy, including $250 billion for small business loans, and $50 billion to bail out the country’s airlines, as part of an emergency stimulus package.
Where's my stimulus money?
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an economic stimulus
From the beginning of the show to the end, vanity is the sole stimulus and reward of action—vanity, that never looks beyond the present.
Democrats, meanwhile, point out that Republicans seem to have made a conscious decision, beginning with the stimulus, to oppose anything the president put forward, dooming any chance of renewed cooperation between the parties.
respond to a stimulus
Even light nonpainful stimuli can provoke or exacerbate spontaneous pain; this is not limited to tactile, thermal, or vibratory stimuli, because auditory, visual, olfactory, and visceral stimuli also may be problematic.
Many plants, like many animals, are furnished with arms for their protection; these are either aculei, prickles […]; or stimuli, stings, as in the nettles, which are armed with a venomous fluid for the annoyance of naked animals.
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