as in incentive
something that arouses action or activity
the huge rebates that the auto companies were offering were all the encouragement I needed to buy a new car
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Recent Examples of encouragement
What this looks like in practice is not only an embrace of questions and inquisitiveness but also a proactive encouragement of both.
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Andrea Vargas, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
The event is a time of connection, encouragement and fellowship with others who understand.
—Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 4 July 2025
These career-long relationships foster a culture of continuous learning, adaptation and encouragement, Kaminsky said.
—Lauren Giella, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 July 2025
Hammond’s broader encouragement applied to a varied audience of hundreds at the Cathedral on Monday.
—Liam Adams, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
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Andrea Vargas, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
The event is a time of connection, encouragement and fellowship with others who understand.
—Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 4 July 2025
These career-long relationships foster a culture of continuous learning, adaptation and encouragement, Kaminsky said.
—Lauren Giella, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 July 2025
Hammond’s broader encouragement applied to a varied audience of hundreds at the Cathedral on Monday.
—Liam Adams, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for encouragement
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The bill eliminates critical renewable energy incentives, redirects funding toward fossil fuels and nuclear power, and dismantles key progressive priorities of the Biden administration.—
Ed Gaskin,
Boston Herald,
7 July 2025
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While these efforts have generally failed to boost birth rates, one notable exception is the Hubei province city of Tianmen, where incentives were followed by a notable surge in births last year.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 July 2025
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But another member of the Southeastern Connecticut delegation who served as the bill’s sponsor, Rep. Aundre Bumgardner, D-Groton, said that the Plainfield proposal had been the primary impetus for the bill.—
Mark Pazniokas,
Hartford Courant,
9 July 2025
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Still, Streeter suggested that further pressure from the U.K. regulator could provide the impetus required to accelerate changes within the company.—
Karen Gilchrist,
CNBC,
8 July 2025
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Being direct with people earns their respect faster than any lecture about motivation.—
Marek Niedzwiedz,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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Numerous questions remain about the shooting, including Crooks’ motivation.—
Boston Herald Wire Services,
Boston Herald,
13 July 2025
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Chinese markets were sharply higher in earlier trading, buoyed by signs of possible additional stimulus measures in China and Goldman Sachs Group’s upgrade of Hong Kong stocks to market-weight.—
Teresa Cerojano,
Chicago Tribune,
11 July 2025
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Using a tool to measure how patients perceive stimuli like temperature and touch, researchers in Germany found that women with lipedema had a lower pain threshold compared with other women.—
Francesca Gilbard,
NBC news,
10 July 2025
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“Encouragement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/encouragement. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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