as in increases
to make greater in size, amount, or number
hopefully, offering stock options will stoke workers' commitment to the company
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Recent Examples of stokes
The federal government is hurtling toward a possible shutdown at a delicate moment for the nation's economy, as a hiring slowdown stokes recession fears and inflation proves difficult to fully contain.
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Max Zahn, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2025
The 45-second bass guitar solo on the outro stokes the flames of the Afropop track’s fiery nature.
—Heran Mamo, Billboard, 30 Sep. 2025
Exodus of top talent at Elon Musk’s companies The FT named 23 top executives who left Musk’s companies in recent months, many citing the frustration of working 24/7 and dealing with a CEO who deliberately stokes culture wars.
—Diane Brady, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2025
This week, Drake stokes the anticipation for his next album with a new track featuring Cash Cobain, psych-pop kingpin Tame Impala floats back into our world, and Lady Gaga dances with the dead.
—Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2025
The move, which Iran said lacked legal basis, stokes tensions two months after the US bombed Iranian uranium enrichment sites, stalling nuclear talks with the US; the Europeans had set an end-of-August deadline for progress in negotiations.
—semafor.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Other players find that tennis’s learning curve only stokes their interest.
—Alexandra Moe, The Atlantic, 24 Aug. 2025
Max Zahn, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2025
The 45-second bass guitar solo on the outro stokes the flames of the Afropop track’s fiery nature.
—Heran Mamo, Billboard, 30 Sep. 2025
Exodus of top talent at Elon Musk’s companies The FT named 23 top executives who left Musk’s companies in recent months, many citing the frustration of working 24/7 and dealing with a CEO who deliberately stokes culture wars.
—Diane Brady, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2025
This week, Drake stokes the anticipation for his next album with a new track featuring Cash Cobain, psych-pop kingpin Tame Impala floats back into our world, and Lady Gaga dances with the dead.
—Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2025
The move, which Iran said lacked legal basis, stokes tensions two months after the US bombed Iranian uranium enrichment sites, stalling nuclear talks with the US; the Europeans had set an end-of-August deadline for progress in negotiations.
—semafor.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Other players find that tennis’s learning curve only stokes their interest.
—Alexandra Moe, The Atlantic, 24 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stokes
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The uptick in confrontations comes as the administration increases its efforts to deport millions of undocumented migrants, an approach critics say has led to aggressive enforcement tactics, due process violations and the mistreatment of migrants.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
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Denton's study increases the possible window of Herschel's formation from one million years to ten million.—
Nola Taylor Tillman,
Space.com,
10 Oct. 2025
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Its low-code structure not only simplifies integration but also accelerates deployment, enabling companies to implement robotic systems in days rather than weeks or months.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Oct. 2025
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This method does not require drilling new wells, which significantly reduces setup costs and environmental disruption and accelerates deployment.—
Moones Alamooti,
The Conversation,
8 Oct. 2025
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The quantum computer at the IBM-Euskadi Quantum Computational Center in San Sebastian expands the region’s embrace of the technology that started years ago—one that has also served to unite scientists across the continent.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
12 Oct. 2025
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Harrison Dickinson’s feature directorial debut expands to more than 100 runs nationally on 10/17.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
12 Oct. 2025
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That boosts breathability and allows for a soft hand feel, Hanson said.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
16 Oct. 2025
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But refusing to land until Netanyahu was out gives him domestic political capital and boosts his image across parts of the Muslim world.—
Efrat Lachter,
FOXNews.com,
16 Oct. 2025
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Avery’s model augments the traditional VC model.—
Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
15 Oct. 2025
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To enhance the verisimilitude of his wraparound segment, Cheel augments the fictional story of alien-contact footage discovered at a yard sale with nonfiction asides about UFO culture.—
A.A. Dowd,
Vulture,
3 Oct. 2025
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Fernandes Anderson was staring down an impending $5,000 fine for a state ethics violation around that time period, for hiring two immediate family members to her City Council staff, giving them raises, and in the case of her sister, a bonus.—
Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
16 Oct. 2025
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The man's defense attorneys said in a statement Thursday that the verdict raises questions about what is considered espionage under Norwegian law.—
Greg Norman,
FOXNews.com,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Stokes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stokes. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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