as in to increase
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 stoke
Its oversight often has stoked the ire of the nation's biggest banks, credit card companies and other lenders, which have sued the bureau over charges of regulatory overreach.
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Tony Romm The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 1 Dec. 2024
Nothing stokes a cozy mood quite like the flickering flames of a roaring fire.
—Miles Walls, Southern Living, 30 Nov. 2024
There are, however, concerns that the president-elect's economic policies could stoke inflation, and slow the pace of interest rate cuts next year.
—Lucia Mutikani, USA TODAY, 28 Nov. 2024
Central bankers see the current pace of wage gains as sustainable for the economy, with little concern that the labor market is stoking inflation.
—Courtenay Brown, Axios, 26 Nov. 2024
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Tony Romm The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 1 Dec. 2024
Nothing stokes a cozy mood quite like the flickering flames of a roaring fire.
—Miles Walls, Southern Living, 30 Nov. 2024
There are, however, concerns that the president-elect's economic policies could stoke inflation, and slow the pace of interest rate cuts next year.
—Lucia Mutikani, USA TODAY, 28 Nov. 2024
Central bankers see the current pace of wage gains as sustainable for the economy, with little concern that the labor market is stoking inflation.
—Courtenay Brown, Axios, 26 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stoke
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By all measures, the company exceeded all expectations thanks to customer participation and decided to significantly increase the initial pledge to $11 million.Tyler Shepherd, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
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This agreement is taking placing just as Anaheim is set to increase minimum wages to nearly $20.50 an hour in the new year.Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2024
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In 2021, to fuel its growth and success, the founders bestowed the honor of accelerating the company to Rich Berry, a business school graduate with extensive experience in brand management specializing in the frozen foods industry.Hilary Tetenbaum, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
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Juan Soto agreeing to a record-shattering deal with the New York Mets on Sunday night should accelerate movement, allowing the four teams that fell short to, perhaps, shift their attention to Bregman.Chandler Rome, The Athletic, 10 Dec. 2024
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Plans are underway to expand the facility in Cancún and build partnerships with hospitals and research institutions across the globe.William Mullane, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024
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Retail sales expanded 3% year-on-year in November, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said, slowing from a 4.8% rise in October that was its best reading in eight months.Jason Ma, Fortune Asia, 16 Dec. 2024
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Other safe options Pelinka could be looking into is acquiring role players on mid-sized contracts, ideally looking to boost their production defensively and add depth behind the team's star leaders LeBron James and Anthony Davis.Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 14 Dec. 2024
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Details won’t be known for a while, but the news boosted Chinese stocks.Michael Foster, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
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Despite these differences, their visions converge on several points: the necessity of building systems that better understand and interact with the physical world, the importance of responsible AI development, and the transformative potential of AI to augment human capabilities.Craig S. Smith, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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And after that will come the impact, whether that’s lower costs, faster design processes and production, jobs that are no longer needed, human expertise that is augmented by technology or something else.Evan Clark, WWD, 16 Dec. 2024
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For instance, Amazon raised eyebrows in September when CEO Andy Jassy announced that corporate employees must return to the office five days a week starting in January 2025.Anuz Thapa, CNBC, 18 Dec. 2024
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Going forward, ConocoPhillips raised production guidance for Q4 to 1.99 million to 2.03 million barrels of oil equivalent per day.Trefis Team, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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“Stoke.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stoke. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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