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  • noun Plural form of stimulus.

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Examples

  • It also may inhibit pain stimuli in the central nervous system.

    Aspirin: effects, poisoning 2010

  • The main impact of Keynesian economic stimuli is to increase debt; raise future tax rates and distort the normal functionings of economic markets and personal and corporate decision making.

    Think Progress » Pawlenty Falsely Claims ‘Most Credible Economists Say’ Stimulus Is ‘Not Working’ 2010

  • Such far-ranging policies will also boost business confidence, doing more for short-term hiring and investment than the widely touted short-term stimuli and corporate giveaways that ultimately destabilize our economy as much as they benefit any given business.

    The Long View on British Growth Matthew Oakley 2011

  • The ability to attend to stimuli is controlled by dopamine level fluctuations within a certain margin.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Adderall 2010

  • And the relevance of your personal experience to Christian auditor stimuli is …?

    Oxford Must Reject Islamic Call To Prayer – Update « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2008

  • The you that perceives the world and interprets (gives meaning to) external stimuli is the soul as I picture it.

    Backing Into an Evidentiary Standard for ID 2007

  • Defiance and resistance are exhilarating short-term stimuli and endeavors; they are not sustainable, long-term policy programs or national visions.

    rami khouri : right but who’s listening 2008

  • You write: First and foremost, the statement "Fox's protocells were cell-like entities capapble of growing, dividing, metabolism, and responses to external stimuli" is nothing but a bare-bones, simple, straightforward statement of fact.

    A Minimal Genome 2006

  • First and foremost, the statement "Fox's protocells were cell-like entities capapble of growing, dividing, metabolism, and responses to external stimuli" is nothing but a bare-bones, simple, straightforward statement of fact.

    A Minimal Genome 2006

  • Their breeding behaviour and how they and their chicks respond to stimuli is tremendously well studied, with the studies of Goethe, Tinbergen and others being classic, pioneering works in ethology.

    Archive 2006-02-01 Darren Naish 2006

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