How to Use incentivize in a Sentence

incentivize

verb
Definition of incentivizenext
  • The goal is to incentivize people to avoid waste and use things longer.
    — Lenora Chu, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Dec. 2024
  • That’s helped incentivize many consumers to make the switch.
    — Michelle Toh, CNN, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Sometimes people need to be incentivized to do things in the right ways.
    — Becky Lucas, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Sep. 2023
  • The birds weren’t trained or incentivized in any way to produce the swinging style of movement.
    — Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Jan. 2024
  • This could be reasonably close, but with the playoffs in reach the Bills are incentivized.
    — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2023
  • That's the whole point of these tax credits -- to incentivize bringing back that full supply chain in the United States.
    — Morgan Korn, ABC News, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Start with one or two core metrics and then incentivize teams to meet them—every month, week and even hour.
    — Mehdi Daoudi, Forbes, 26 Aug. 2022
  • As such, these events incentivize fans to buy more albums even in a streaming era.
    — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2024
  • To train the crows to use the stones, the researchers started by making a cheese puff trail to the tube, incentivizing the crow’s curiosity.
    — Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Ars Technica, 14 Dec. 2023
  • The purpose of the penalties is to incentivize the various players in the supply chain to keep goods flowing.
    — John Francis Peters, ProPublica, 16 June 2022
  • Levi’s is incentivizing consumers to spend more to save more.
    — Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Thanks to baseball’s plan to incentivize mediocrity, there are 13 teams in the National League in the hunt for six playoff spots.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 8 July 2024
  • Officials in those districts say the move in meant to incentivize teachers to remain on the job and recruit new ones.
    — Bychris Morris, Fortune, 22 Aug. 2023
  • This incentivized them to make promises that the company couldn’t keep.
    — Alana Semuels, TIME, 18 June 2024
  • The state would create a system to incentivize and ensure towns follow the plan, Boggs said.
    — Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 6 Jan. 2023
  • The move could help incentivize the creation of more premium games as Roblox looks to attract older users.
    — Alex Heath, The Verge, 6 Sep. 2024
  • That incentivizes people to stay long past their expiry date.
    — Gord Magill, Newsweek, 22 Dec. 2024
  • Tax cuts that incentivize home builders to build affordable homes.
    — Nerdwallet, The Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2024
  • This incentivizes a broad range of fashion brands to work with sports superstars on their tunnel looks.
    — Essence, 2 May 2024
  • This incentivized the capitalist class to hire new workers on a large scale.
    — Jacob Swartz, Orange County Register, 14 May 2024
  • Why doesn’t the federal government seem to care, and what could be done to incentivize more support there?
    — Jessica Royassistant Editor, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2022
  • They are spelled out in Kill’s contract to incentivize upgrades for a program that has been one of the hardest places to win in college football.
    — Brent Schrotenboer, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2023
  • The trust fund could help cities incentivize affordable rental housing, said Williams.
    — al, 11 Apr. 2023
  • The media partners aren’t forced to pay more based on the conclusion of the reevaluation, but they will be incentivized to do so, the people said.
    — Alex Sherman, CNBC, 26 July 2024
  • Google’s move to incentivize app developers to put in the extra work is overdue.
    — Wes Davis, The Verge, 26 July 2023
  • Most of the objections from the right focused on the provisions that would incentivize states to implement red flag laws.
    — Grayson Quay, The Week, 15 June 2022
  • The city should also look for ways to use tax credits to incentivize hotel owners to open rooms for shelter, Constant said.
    — Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Aug. 2023
  • The stamps featured James Brown’s face on the front and incentivized supporting black businesses.
    — Shelby Stewart, Essence, 20 June 2024
  • So they are incentivized to offer more services to you, and you are disincentivized from wanting to pay for them.
    — Jonquilyn Hill, Vox, 18 Sep. 2024
  • There's also a prize in there to incentivize innovation.
    — Daniel Moore, Axios, 19 Dec. 2024

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