as in breathtaking
causing great emotional or mental stimulation
an inspiring idea for a national program in which young people would commit themselves to a year of community service
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as in encouraging
to fill with courage or strength of purpose
the rousing campaign speech inspired everyone to get out the vote
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as in eliciting
to draw out (something hidden, latent, or reserved)
what inspired that comment?
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as in educating
to provide (someone) with moral or spiritual understanding
great works of visual art can inspire us in ways that the written word often cannot
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Recent Examples of inspiring
Ellise Shafer,
Variety,
29 June 2026
South Africa, meanwhile, are coming off an inspiring 1-0 win over South Korea.
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Jibin Joseph,
PC Magazine,
28 June 2026
ABC News,
28 June 2026
It would be dismantled, and even the awe-inspiring Ferris wheel had an unusual end.
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Suzanne Le Mignot,
CBS News,
27 June 2026
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And for some people, that’s life-changing and life-saving and inspiring.
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Ellise Shafer,
Variety,
29 June 2026
South Africa, meanwhile, are coming off an inspiring 1-0 win over South Korea.
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Jibin Joseph,
PC Magazine,
28 June 2026
Verb
In advance of America's 250th birthday, ABC spent the last year exploring some of the most awe-inspiring places in our country.
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ABC News,
28 June 2026
It would be dismantled, and even the awe-inspiring Ferris wheel had an unusual end.
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Suzanne Le Mignot,
CBS News,
27 June 2026
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Alberto Carvalho, who has been under FBI investigation for four months, resigned Sunday night as leader of the nation’s second-largest school system, bringing a breathtaking end to one of the district’s most consequential and high-profile tenures.
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In his 18½ years at the Fed, Greenspan presided over a breathtaking surge in stock prices and a 10-year economic boom that began in March 1991.
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The new searchable databases work against those calls, encouraging Germans to look more closely at their own families’ association with Nazism and prompting fresh reflections on how ordinary citizens came to normalize extremism.
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Passionate Mars in your 11th House of Friends sextiles Jupiter in your 1st House of Identity, encouraging brave outreach that feels warm and realistic.
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Third baseman Austin Riley is eliciting heretofore unseen levels of skepticism too.
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During the Turnstile set, a man in a hot dog costume was shown on the screen running around the pit, eliciting smiles.
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Another $10 million would go toward educating voters on the state's election process, with half of that going to counties and the rest going to the state.
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The summit will focus on educating the community about regenerative agriculture and other sustainable practices and identifying barriers of entry and solutions to those barriers for farmers.
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Not the most exciting half of soccer considering what else has gone on during the World Cup.
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Johnny is a former professional baseball player, which is exciting for Coop, who comes from a family of ball players.
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But without Jill's knowledge, Wes (Nick Robinson) is reassigned her late sister's phone number and soon falls in love with Jill across the country through her messages, evoking a modern-day Sleepless in Seattle.
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These are the kinds of hijinks fans came to expect, evoking all the feelings of a fun day at summer camp… with maybe a slightly higher volume of pranks.
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That could perhaps create more pressure for Burrows to have a strong outing Tuesday, or create an interesting conversation around Arrighetti.
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Well, its’ interesting because for many years the Republican Party revered Reagan much more than Nixon, partly because Reagan was a successful president and Nixon, of course, ended his presidency in disgrace.
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The most intriguing of the Trojans’ trio of returners is Arenas, given the wide range of possible outcomes in front of the guard this season.
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Separated-at-birth is an intriguing theory, and of course very gratifying to those in the Plymouth/Roundhead/blue half of America.
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“Inspiring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inspiring. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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