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Recent Examples of impulsively
Our next step is to understand how cells controlling hesitation interact with drugs treating ADHD and OCD, conditions where patients can respond impulsively during volatile or uncertain situations.
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Eric Yttri, The Conversation, 12 Feb. 2026
Make Impulse Purchases People with organized homes are mindful not to buy things impulsively, explains Kristen Ziegler, the founder of Minima in Richmond, Virginia.
—Sarah Lyon, Southern Living, 5 Feb. 2026
At today's prices, gold investing isn't something retirees can afford to treat casually or impulsively.
—Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 30 Jan. 2026
And then impulsively ordered the dates off their food menu.
—Lucia Cheng, Des Moines Register, 28 Jan. 2026
The shadow side of this Full Moon is tying your worth too tightly to external validation or spending impulsively to prove a point.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 25 Jan. 2026
Johnson, whose impulsively thoughtful way with dialogue is one of the delights of recent cinema, invigorates the movie with her mercurial energy.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2026
Untrained people can react impulsively.
—Chicago Tribune, 12 Jan. 2026
Seeking revenge, Onimaru impulsively picks up a demonic sword in a shortcut to power, setting off a grand adventure.
—Kambole Campbell, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2025
Eric Yttri, The Conversation, 12 Feb. 2026
Make Impulse Purchases People with organized homes are mindful not to buy things impulsively, explains Kristen Ziegler, the founder of Minima in Richmond, Virginia.
—Sarah Lyon, Southern Living, 5 Feb. 2026
At today's prices, gold investing isn't something retirees can afford to treat casually or impulsively.
—Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 30 Jan. 2026
And then impulsively ordered the dates off their food menu.
—Lucia Cheng, Des Moines Register, 28 Jan. 2026
The shadow side of this Full Moon is tying your worth too tightly to external validation or spending impulsively to prove a point.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 25 Jan. 2026
Johnson, whose impulsively thoughtful way with dialogue is one of the delights of recent cinema, invigorates the movie with her mercurial energy.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2026
Untrained people can react impulsively.
—Chicago Tribune, 12 Jan. 2026
Seeking revenge, Onimaru impulsively picks up a demonic sword in a shortcut to power, setting off a grand adventure.
—Kambole Campbell, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impulsively
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Moreover, Elliott does not act impetuously in its activism.—
Kenneth Squire,
CNBC,
6 Dec. 2025
Adverb
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In December, a thief stole the control stick from an R train parked under southern Brooklyn — the same section of track where a young, repeat train thief recklessly threw a train in reverse during a joyride months earlier.—
Evan Simko-Bednarski,
New York Daily News,
17 Mar. 2026
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The conviction capped a yearslong process that included investigations by New York authorities and a pursuit for justice by Monica's family, who accused Baldner of acting recklessly during a routine traffic stop and subsequent deadly chase.—
Mike Randall,
USA Today,
14 Mar. 2026
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Or, will he be inclined to rashly respond similarly to former Customs and Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem?—
Tony Lux,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Feb. 2026
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With Mercury going retrograde in this part of the sky on February 26, just don’t sign anything too rashly or hastily, because the potential for errors and misunderstandings is high right now.—
Steph Koyfman,
Condé Nast Traveler,
29 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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Everything—from the squat, one-story structure to the station wagon parked outside—had been coated in the same uneven layer of white paint, as if someone had tried, hurriedly, to erase it from the landscape.—
Adam Ciralsky,
Vanity Fair,
19 Mar. 2026
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The Connecticut legislature hurriedly endorsed the sale during a special session in 2024, adopting — without a public hearing — the enabling legislation needed to allow an unregulated, nonprofit company to buy a regulated water utility.—
Edmund H. Mahony,
Hartford Courant,
16 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Set Rules For Micro-Interventions Of course, even a strategy like this, with ample scientific support, can backfire if it’s implemented thoughtlessly.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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“Impulsively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impulsively. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026.
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