1
: wearing spurs
2
: having one or more spurs
a spurred violet
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While this also made headlines and spurred indignation, AI’s environmental impacts are still far from being common knowledge.
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Sasha Luccioni, WIRED, 18 Dec. 2024
The flashing indication to eat popcorn might only spur you at that exact instant and shortly thereafter any spurred impulse falls by the wayside.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
However, the tweet came with an attached meme that depicted a spurred cowboy boot stomping on a 5-way, one of Skyline Chili's signature dishes.
—Aaron Valdez, The Enquirer, 7 Jan. 2024
Former South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh, 54, is standing trial for the murders of his wife and son, a case that has exposed years of fraudulent behavior and spurred investigations into three other deaths.
—Theara Coleman, The Week, 27 Jan. 2023
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Sasha Luccioni, WIRED, 18 Dec. 2024
The flashing indication to eat popcorn might only spur you at that exact instant and shortly thereafter any spurred impulse falls by the wayside.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
However, the tweet came with an attached meme that depicted a spurred cowboy boot stomping on a 5-way, one of Skyline Chili's signature dishes.
—Aaron Valdez, The Enquirer, 7 Jan. 2024
Former South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh, 54, is standing trial for the murders of his wife and son, a case that has exposed years of fraudulent behavior and spurred investigations into three other deaths.
—Theara Coleman, The Week, 27 Jan. 2023
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“Spurred.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spurred. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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spurred
adjective1
: wearing spurs
2
: having one or more spurs
a spurred violet
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