as in to stimulate
to give life, vigor, or spirit to
a teacher who knows how to energize history lessons with little-known but interesting facts about long-ago people
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Recent Examples of energize
Lower rates will energize home buyers, auto loans, and all sorts of personal loan activity.
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Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
Along with the enticing list of energizing activities, there are other ways to recharge one’s personal batteries . . .
—Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 22 May 2025
The spa treatment menu incorporates Indigenous elements such as manuka honey, energizing greenstone (a type of jade), and thermal muds drawn from the surrounding volcanic landscape.
—Kendall Hill, Travel + Leisure, 15 May 2025
These particles can collide with gases in a planet’s atmosphere, energizing them and causing their atoms to emit light in different colors.
—Lillian Ali, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2025
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Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
Along with the enticing list of energizing activities, there are other ways to recharge one’s personal batteries . . .
—Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 22 May 2025
The spa treatment menu incorporates Indigenous elements such as manuka honey, energizing greenstone (a type of jade), and thermal muds drawn from the surrounding volcanic landscape.
—Kendall Hill, Travel + Leisure, 15 May 2025
These particles can collide with gases in a planet’s atmosphere, energizing them and causing their atoms to emit light in different colors.
—Lillian Ali, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for energize
Recent Examples of Synonyms for energize
stimulate
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These wildfires, while destructive, have also provided researchers with insights into giant sequoia ecology, revealing that moderate-severity burns can stimulate seed release and create favorable germination conditions.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2025
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Muscles, heart rate, strength, motor control — and the brain — all are stimulated by exercise.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
23 May 2025
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“Energize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/energize. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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