disincentive

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Recent Examples of disincentive One 2019 paper by university researchers estimated that donors face financial disincentives in the range of $38,000. Ruby Rorty, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2025 This different patent protection of biologics versus small molecule drugs creates a disincentive that is already reducing investment into small molecule medicines. Wayne Winegarden, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2025 In short, to make housing more affordable, our local leaders should reduce the disincentives to new single and multifamily construction through reform of the city’s rent control, its overly restrictive tenant-rights policies, and its glacial permitting process. Will Swaim, The Mercury News, 25 Mar. 2025 Addressing the rebate system will help remove this current disincentive for using biosimilars. Wayne Winegarden, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for disincentive

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“Disincentive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disincentive. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.

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