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Recent Examples of impulsion
But this remark seems more a strategic argument than a deep-rooted impulsion.
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Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
8 June 2026
What brought me freedom was realizing that the desire to be a help and a healer for others was more compelling to me than any morbid impulsion.
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Michelle Nanouche,
Christian Science Monitor,
26 Sep. 2025
That stage of young adulthood sits at a crossroads between a kind of societal awareness and youthful impulsion.
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Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
12 June 2025
Where these men once criticized Trump, the visible face of power in the U.S. now uses impulsion, aggression, and male egocentricity to offer him more power.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
4 Mar. 2025
Basically the same trick, with the take-off impulsion applied via the nose.
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John Leicester,
ajc,
24 July 2021
What impulsion drove you to make a film instead of writing another novel?
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Jordan Mintzer,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Sep. 2019
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
8 June 2026
What brought me freedom was realizing that the desire to be a help and a healer for others was more compelling to me than any morbid impulsion.
—
Michelle Nanouche,
Christian Science Monitor,
26 Sep. 2025
That stage of young adulthood sits at a crossroads between a kind of societal awareness and youthful impulsion.
—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
12 June 2025
Where these men once criticized Trump, the visible face of power in the U.S. now uses impulsion, aggression, and male egocentricity to offer him more power.
—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
4 Mar. 2025
Basically the same trick, with the take-off impulsion applied via the nose.
—
John Leicester,
ajc,
24 July 2021
What impulsion drove you to make a film instead of writing another novel?
—
Jordan Mintzer,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impulsion
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After surgery, that device is programmed to send mild electrical impulses that block abnormal nerve signals and dramatically reduce tics.
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The show frames the American project as defined by a longstanding tension between impulses to maintain the status quo and demands for change.
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At a time like this, poetry must embrace a compulsion for awareness.
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There’s this prevailing sentiment of perseverance in spite of grief, and a compulsion to dedicate his success to those who witnessed the journey.
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Yet from No Child Left Behind through the push for the Common Core into today’s zeal for science of reading, policy leaders are frustrated that the version of policy that occurs in the classroom does not match their vision.
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As Prime Minister, Howard—a lifelong conservative who has lived abroad once, campaigning for the Tories in London—was known for having an almost schoolboy zeal for the job.
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But experts say higher energy costs in Europe and a desire to slow global warming fuel the air conditioning-free lifestyle.
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And yet Webster’s dictionary, and his earlier attempts at spelling reform, expressed a radical desire to forge an entirely new tongue based in the vernacular genius of the aspiring American people.
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Threading through all their stories is a wild bird – stolen from the forest, peddled in markets, caged in a home – whose restlessness becomes an emblem of every character’s longing to be free.
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The film’s first official trailer offers up a sweeping, dramatic look at the Dashwood life (like the highly relatable, ha, drama of being kicked out of their sprawling mansion), complete with plenty of longing and even a dash of mystery.
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For some families, that one change can reduce the urge to check every message.
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The urge to quit everything tends to grow from being everything to everyone, until there is nothing left for yourself.
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Your yearnings whet the underside of her tongue, as familiar as the thrum of her own pulse.
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But not everyone might need the CBC to feed their yearnings for archival footage.
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Both medications prevent cravings and debilitating withdrawal symptoms among people who previously used heroin or fentanyl by binding with the same brain receptor.
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This dish has the sweetness, spice, and crunch to satisfy every craving.
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“Impulsion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impulsion. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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