as in to excite
to cause a pleasurable stimulation of the feelings
theatergoers were galvanized by the actor's powerhouse performance as Hamlet
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Recent Examples of galvanize
His relentlessness and propensity for disruption have galvanized Vituity in its mission to improve as many lives as humanly possible.
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Imamu "mu" Tomlinson, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
But losing skiing for so long – and in such traumatic circumstances – has galvanized Jones’ love for the sport.
—George Ramsay, CNN, 19 Feb. 2025
Then Tom Coughlin took over for Fassel, and performance and accountability defined a Giants standard that galvanized two Super Bowl championships.
—Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 17 Feb. 2025
To some Americans, the attack galvanized their anger.
—Hurubie Meko, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
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Imamu "mu" Tomlinson, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
But losing skiing for so long – and in such traumatic circumstances – has galvanized Jones’ love for the sport.
—George Ramsay, CNN, 19 Feb. 2025
Then Tom Coughlin took over for Fassel, and performance and accountability defined a Giants standard that galvanized two Super Bowl championships.
—Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 17 Feb. 2025
To some Americans, the attack galvanized their anger.
—Hurubie Meko, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for galvanize
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The curly-haired among us will be particularly excited to know that using it to dry locks after a shower leads to big, defined, and hydrated curls.—
Stacia Datskovska,
WWD,
3 Mar. 2025
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Cena appeared to be excited by what was happening as was the crowd in Toronto.—
Ryan Gaydos,
Fox News,
2 Mar. 2025
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Ryan Poles is thrilled with the vision Ben Johnson has set over the past month.—
Dan Wiederer,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Feb. 2025
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Still, following a high-profile premiere in this year’s Berlinale Special section, festival programmers and more experimentally inclined distributors should thrill to the new film’s sensory and political potency.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
23 Feb. 2025
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Her ability to electrify an audience—whether in an intimate club or a massive event—has always been part of her magic.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
21 Feb. 2025
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Pit stop not a dead end For now, the plan to electrify the fleet is technically in place in both counties.—
Ashley Miznazi,
Miami Herald,
20 Feb. 2025
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There's Potato Lab, a new Korean rom-com series, The Leopard, an adaptation of the Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa novel that inspired the classic 1963 from Luchino Visconti, Little Siberia, a Finnish disaster comedy, and Nadaaniyan, a quirky Indian romance.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
4 Mar. 2025
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This could also be about a financial goal while others discover a hidden talent that inspires you to make a bold career move.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
4 Mar. 2025
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“Galvanize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/galvanize. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.
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