Example Sentences

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But he decided to leave it, happy that his Etsy purchase had stimulated a conversation even though his yard now advertises the brilliance of a movie he has never seen.

From Washington Post • May 7, 2022

The Treasury said that stamp duty holidays had stimulated the housing market and, in turn, protected jobs.

From BBC • Sep. 1, 2021

Novavax said its vaccine candidate had stimulated a powerful immune response in lab and animal experiments, producing antibodies that could fight off the coronavirus.

From New York Times • Apr. 8, 2020

A 1975 EPA study of the Holloway Reservoir upstream showed that phosphates from fertilizers and detergents had stimulated algae growth.

From The Verge • Feb. 26, 2016

The smell and taste of the bacon had stimulated his appetite mightily, and he was still hungry.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown