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as in encouragement
something that arouses a strong response from another
there were few excitements of any kind on our very uneventful trip back home
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as in enthusiasm
urgent desire or interest
in our excitement to get going, we forgot to make sure that all of the lights in the house had been turned off
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Recent Examples of excitement
The floor smelled ripe, the smell of classrooms and basements, which came back to him with another pulse of childhood excitement.
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Clare Sestanovich, New Yorker, 13 July 2025
Milan was the winner of the intermediate sprint halfway through the route, and that moment of excitement also led to the only break of the day, with the Team TotalEnergies pair of Matteo Vercher and Mathieu Burgaudeau heading up the road on a doomed attempt for glory.
—Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 12 July 2025
Run 4 Roses promises an unforgettable experience filled with action, excitement, and memorable moments.
—Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 July 2025
The Club World Cup had significant teething problems ahead of the tournament, from sponsorship challenges to broadcast deals and ticket sales, but FIFA will be betting on the excitement of these later rounds of the tournament creating a lasting impression that the tournament is a success.
—Steve Price, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
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Clare Sestanovich, New Yorker, 13 July 2025
Milan was the winner of the intermediate sprint halfway through the route, and that moment of excitement also led to the only break of the day, with the Team TotalEnergies pair of Matteo Vercher and Mathieu Burgaudeau heading up the road on a doomed attempt for glory.
—Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 12 July 2025
Run 4 Roses promises an unforgettable experience filled with action, excitement, and memorable moments.
—Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 July 2025
The Club World Cup had significant teething problems ahead of the tournament, from sponsorship challenges to broadcast deals and ticket sales, but FIFA will be betting on the excitement of these later rounds of the tournament creating a lasting impression that the tournament is a success.
—Steve Price, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for excitement
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Jason Bateman even offered Shepard some encouragement to lock it down.—
Rachel Flynn,
People.com,
12 July 2025
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By July, a garden in full bloom may need some encouragement to keep its beautiful flowers in supply.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
11 July 2025
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Crucially for Spurs, that enthusiasm in possession doesn’t wane without it.—
Thom Harris,
New York Times,
11 July 2025
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Your loyalty, enthusiasm and belief in our products have meant the world to us.—
Angela Andaloro,
People.com,
11 July 2025
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Unlike most teen love affairs, the couple's relationship is complicated by the reality that Edward is secretly a centenarian vampire with a thirst for blood.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
1 July 2025
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Somehow it’s expected that all rape victims should feel a certain way: there ought to be unmitigated anger, or a thirst for vengeance.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
27 June 2025
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Chinese markets were sharply higher in earlier trading, buoyed by signs of possible additional stimulus measures in China and Goldman Sachs Group’s upgrade of Hong Kong stocks to market-weight.—
Teresa Cerojano,
Chicago Tribune,
11 July 2025
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Using a tool to measure how patients perceive stimuli like temperature and touch, researchers in Germany found that women with lipedema had a lower pain threshold compared with other women.—
Francesca Gilbard,
NBC news,
10 July 2025
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Being direct with people earns their respect faster than any lecture about motivation.—
Marek Niedzwiedz,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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That has provided motivation for the 21-year-old receiver.—
Sean Hammond,
Chicago Tribune,
13 July 2025
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While these efforts have generally failed to boost birth rates, one notable exception is the Hubei province city of Tianmen, where incentives were followed by a notable surge in births last year.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 July 2025
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The bill eliminates critical renewable energy incentives, redirects funding toward fossil fuels and nuclear power, and dismantles key progressive priorities of the Biden administration.—
Ed Gaskin,
Boston Herald,
7 July 2025
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“Excitement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excitement. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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