encouragement

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Recent Examples of encouragement Clearly, the public shaming this father was giving the boy wasn’t helpful encouragement. Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 26 Feb. 2025 Crucially, Howe has taken encouragement from those discussions with Al-Rumayyan. George Caulkin, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025 With the encouragement of Winold Reiss, a German portraitist, Douglas began to employ African themes in his work. Shantay Robinson, ARTnews.com, 24 Feb. 2025 Commercial pilot and licensed psychotherapist shares words of encouragement after recent plane crashes Michaela Renee Johnson says fear is a natural response to seeing the recent aviation disasters — and shares her thoughts on how people can ultimately tackle their fear. Fox News, 22 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for encouragement
Recent Examples of Synonyms for encouragement
Noun
  • New state and federal incentives will pay the bulk of the cost for the upgrade, making this an even more cost-effective choice.
    Ben Roush, Baltimore Sun, 9 Mar. 2025
  • Working with multiple carriers unlocked access to more incentives, bonuses and rewards.
    David Price, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Bitcoin Bitcoin remains trapped in a range below the key psychological level of $100,000 without any new impetus from Trump.
    Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2025
  • That’s not an overwhelming financial impetus, but a team in the Giants’ position can allocate that money better.
    Dan Pompei, The Athletic, 17 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Recognition continues to be a leading driver of engagement, impacting employee connection, motivation, and pride.
    Bob Helbig, Hartford Courant, 6 Mar. 2025
  • Based on my experience, when this process is delegated to a product UI or AI agent, motivation to respond decreases even more.
    Peter Potapov, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The Speaker of the House also threw cold water on the idea of a DOGE Dividend stimulus check according to The Hill.
    Shahar Ziv, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Will there be a DOGE stimulus check?What to know about whether Americans will see savings Another step to take is to start moving a few hundred dollars of your monthly take-home pay into an emergency savings fund, a dwindling backup many Americans have had to dip into amid rising costs.
    Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2025

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“Encouragement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/encouragement. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.

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