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Recent Examples of excitability
Animal behavioralists from the Royal Veterinary College used an industry standard review called the Canine Behavioral Assessment and Research Questionnaire (C-BARQ), to collect data on behavioral traits such as aggression, excitability, and trainability.
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Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 19 Mar. 2026
Whereas fear scores stayed fairly stable across years, and attention/excitability was slightly higher for dogs enrolled in 2022.
—New Atlas, 21 Sep. 2025
In contrast, the canines tend to show lower levels of aggression, rivalry with other dogs, trainability, and excitability.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 19 Mar. 2026
Whereas fear scores stayed fairly stable across years, and attention/excitability was slightly higher for dogs enrolled in 2022.
—New Atlas, 21 Sep. 2025
In contrast, the canines tend to show lower levels of aggression, rivalry with other dogs, trainability, and excitability.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for excitability
Noun
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Struijk’s error was punished, but nobody in white gave a good account of themselves during an opening period in which Daniel Farke admitted there was nervousness in his line-up.—
Beren Cross,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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Already, despite the president’s surface bravado, an undercurrent of nervousness had emerged.—
Jonathan Chait,
The Atlantic,
23 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Incoming college freshmen are easy targets for people looking to profit from anxiety about loneliness, which the former US Surgeon General called an epidemic.—
Mary Frances Ruskell,
CNN Money,
26 Apr. 2026
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Maygen says Paisley has struggled with anxiety ever since being diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at 2 years old.—
Nicki Cox,
PEOPLE,
26 Apr. 2026
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“Excitability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excitability. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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