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- noun Plural form of
jumpstart . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
jumpstart .
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Examples
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Running before breakfast jumpstarts your metabolism - it's how we boxers maintain weight.
Big Girls, Small Kitchen: The 7 Best Gym-Free Workout Routines Big Girls 2011
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So what's next, either the economy jumpstarts or we get another downleg when the money stops raining.
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The war and the war alone brought us out of the Great Depression, as everyone knows that war jumpstarts the modern economy!
Shlaes on the New Deal, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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And that infusion of life jumpstarts the stalled project – see #2 above.
2010 February « 2010
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At 6-foot-8 and 226 pounds, Mr. Harris is known in basketball parlance as a "point forward," which means he often jumpstarts possessions by handling the ball on the perimeter.
A Paint-by-the-Numbers Star Scott Cacciola 2011
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I find it really clears out the sinuses and jumpstarts the day.
Mickey Mouse & friends can't be trusted to take care of anything Tyler 2009
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Running before breakfast jumpstarts your metabolism - it's how we boxers maintain weight.
Big Girls, Small Kitchen: The 7 Best Gym-Free Workout Routines Big Girls 2011
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And that infusion of life jumpstarts the stalled project – see #2 above.
Get Unstuck « 2010
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Potash is integral to the world's food system because it's the gold dust of agriculture: Potash literally jumpstarts food growth, thus helping to feed empty bellies the world over -- whether those bellies are being satiated at a Michelin-starred restaurant or a common school cafeteria.
Sanjay Khanna: Potash Is Food Resilience: Should Canada's PotashCorp Be Sold to China? 2010
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Potash is integral to the world's food system because it's the gold dust of agriculture: Potash literally jumpstarts food growth, thus helping to feed empty bellies the world over -- whether those bellies are being satiated at a Michelin-starred restaurant or a common school cafeteria.
Sanjay Khanna: Potash Is Food Resilience: Should Canada's PotashCorp Be Sold to China? 2010
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