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stimulated

  • past participle
    of stimulate.
    stimulate
    verb (used with object)
    to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite.
  • past tense form
    of stimulate.
    stimulate
    verb (used with object)
    to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite.

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026

Using electrodes, they stimulated specific bipolar cell types while simultaneously recording how neighboring cells responded.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 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

Against other illnesses, though—including measles, mumps, rubella, pertussis, and the now defeated smallpox—our antibodies stimulated by one infection confer lifelong immunity.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond