stimulus
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Meanwhile, credit and card spending are tracking well, with fiscal stimulus, like tax refunds, expected to outweigh the impact of rising gas prices on household budgets.
From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026
This idea of hedonic adaptation — how humans so quickly adapt to this new comfort, this new stimulus — it felt like an interesting thing.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
If growth falls short, investors may expect more stimulus, they note.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
“Adding deficit-financed stimulus to this mix at this moment would increase the burden on monetary policy,” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
Bessie asked if I would have a book: the word book acted as a transient stimulus, and I begged her to fetch Gulliver’s Travels from the library.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
Vocabulary lists containing stimulus
The Alchemist
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"The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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