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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
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
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.
Noun
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Generalized anxiety may manifest itself in depression, compulsion or restlessness.
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These obsessions lead you to do repetitive behaviors, also called compulsions.
Noun
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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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History has shown us that the very celebration of our shared longing for life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness ensures that those values will endure.
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But what Spiro is writing about in most of these tunes is something a little more interesting than standard loss-and-longing fare.
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The idea remains fan speculation rather than reported fact, but her announcement history makes the urge to investigate understandable.
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Spontaneous and slightly chaotic, this cerebral synergy can bring surprising news or perhaps even trigger the sudden urge to break out of a stagnant situation.
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The heroine’s eyes are filled with yearning, her eyelashes glistening and ever-so-perfectly clumped?
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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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Derived from a Central African shrub, the drug's ability to reduce withdrawal symptoms and cravings were uncovered by accident, when Howard Lotsof, a 19-year old addicted to heroin, tried ibogaine out of curiosity in 1962.
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This no-bake recipe uses cornflakes, creamy peanut butter, and chocolate chips to satisfy any sweet tooth craving.
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“Impulsion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impulsion. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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