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Recent Examples of impulsivity
Symptoms can include being easily distracted, difficulty keeping track of time and impulsivity.
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Betty Lin-Fisher, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2026
Robust evidence shows that treatment for ADHD reduces impulsivity and improves sustained attention and daily functioning at all ages.
—Deldhy Nicolás Moya Sánchez, The Conversation, 16 Mar. 2026
The distinction that Posen drew about the present operations is the administration’s casual consideration and impulsivity around making war.
—Marie-Rose Sheinerman, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026
That’s not so much honesty as impulsivity, no?
—David Remnick, New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2026
Additionally, teen brains are still developing, particularly in the areas related to impulsivity and decision-making, says Erin Palmwood, PhD, a licensed clinical psychologist, neuroscience researcher, and college professor with Soleil Psychology.
—Sherri Gordon, Parents, 3 Feb. 2026
Amy Errmann, a senior lecturer at Auckland University of Technology in New Zealand, has found mindfulness reduces impulsivity and slows down our perception of time.
—Matt Fuchs, Time, 20 Jan. 2026
Our patience is going to be tested because Mars has no chill and tends to thrust us toward impulsivity.
—Lisa Stardust, Refinery29, 1 Jan. 2026
On the dark side, however, this could result in impulsivity, impatience and reckless behavior.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
Betty Lin-Fisher, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2026
Robust evidence shows that treatment for ADHD reduces impulsivity and improves sustained attention and daily functioning at all ages.
—Deldhy Nicolás Moya Sánchez, The Conversation, 16 Mar. 2026
The distinction that Posen drew about the present operations is the administration’s casual consideration and impulsivity around making war.
—Marie-Rose Sheinerman, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026
That’s not so much honesty as impulsivity, no?
—David Remnick, New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2026
Additionally, teen brains are still developing, particularly in the areas related to impulsivity and decision-making, says Erin Palmwood, PhD, a licensed clinical psychologist, neuroscience researcher, and college professor with Soleil Psychology.
—Sherri Gordon, Parents, 3 Feb. 2026
Amy Errmann, a senior lecturer at Auckland University of Technology in New Zealand, has found mindfulness reduces impulsivity and slows down our perception of time.
—Matt Fuchs, Time, 20 Jan. 2026
Our patience is going to be tested because Mars has no chill and tends to thrust us toward impulsivity.
—Lisa Stardust, Refinery29, 1 Jan. 2026
On the dark side, however, this could result in impulsivity, impatience and reckless behavior.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impulsivity
Noun
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Ortiz and Brown take on Bebo and Lola portraying the impulsiveness of youth, exacerbated, particularly in Bebo’s case, by poverty and limited options to make his way in the world.—
Carlos Aguilar,
IndieWire,
20 Mar. 2026
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Montse is intuition, strength, impulsiveness and heart.—
Callum McLennan,
Variety,
10 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Sierra Johnson, 23, is charged with three counts each of neglect of a dependent and criminal recklessness.—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Apr. 2026
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Five other kids, ages 10 to 17, were listed on the police report, and Tre would be arrested and charged with criminal recklessness, obstruction of justice and dangerous possession of a firearm.—
Jade Jackson,
IndyStar,
31 Mar. 2026
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Kerry Doyle, the former top ICE attorney during the Biden administration, said Mazzara’s comments show a shocking carelessness about the potential for harm against both the general public and the officers he was employed to protect.—
Andrea Castillo,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Mar. 2026
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Head coach Sean Miller went right up to him afterward, apparently angry at his carelessness that could’ve cost the Longhorns the game.—
Caleb Yum,
Austin American Statesman,
18 Mar. 2026
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For the sake of propriety — Paley was one of the 20th century’s most powerful media paschas — his indiscretions were kept quiet.—
Marc Weingarten,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Mar. 2026
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And right now, Taylor cannot stop herself from initiating phone sex with Dakota even while sobbing over his indiscretions at Vanderpump Villa.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Vulture,
12 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The heedlessness of the children has touched her mood.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Wars deserve more than improvisation and insouciance.—
Kenneth Zagacki,
Sun Sentinel,
17 Mar. 2026
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Bruni and fellow icons like Jane Birkin and Françoise Hardy boast the sort of in-her-face fringe that oozes insouciance, a hallmark of the French aesthetic.—
Calin Van Paris,
InStyle,
11 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The organ that colored all the earlier tales of youthful exuberance now plays a funeral dirge.—
David Glickman,
Pitchfork,
27 Mar. 2026
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As the calendar moves toward spring, the old feeling of hope and exuberance spreads across the country, and it's mostly felt by college basketball fans.—
Josh Taylor,
CBS News,
20 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The difference between the energy of the machine that resolutely crosses the cordillera and the tiny zeal in the wings of an insect that asks only for leaves to eat and mud in which to house her eggs.—
María Ospina,
The Dial,
31 Mar. 2026
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What is clear is that Florida, amid its leaders’ zeal to lead the nation in immigration enforcement, is throwing a lot of state taxpayer money at what was long considered a federal issue.—
Cristóbal Reyes,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 Mar. 2026
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“Impulsivity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impulsivity. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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