stimuli
Americannoun
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At the hospital, one of the officers requested that Cervantes submit to a “subjective sobriety test” that included measuring her eye’s response to stimuli, according to the complaint.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026
Set aside all the academic debates about how many words a young child should hear; parents’ job is to expose their kids to stimuli that expand their thinking.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025
She had tried traditional therapy, as well as interventions like eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy, where a patient is asked to recall traumatic events while experiencing auditory, visual, or tactile stimuli.
From Slate • Dec. 18, 2025
As a movie lover who’s always hunting for new talent, new ideas and new stimuli, I used to view that as creative inertia.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025
The meeting lasts thirty more minutes, during which time I do not speak or move or in any way respond to stimuli.
From "Will Grayson, Will Grayson" by John Green and David Levithan
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