as in impetus
something that arouses action or activity
the handsome reward for the missing dog was an incentive for me to start looking
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Recent Examples of incentive
While Enders’ report accuses Amazon of contributing to the piracy problem, as the owner of its own streaming service, Prime Video, Amazon has an incentive to fight piracy.
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ArsTechnica, 30 May 2025
As envisioned, Amazon would pay Stellantis incentive fees for things like drivers signing up for its music subscription service through the vehicles, two sources said.
—Nora Eckert, USA Today, 29 May 2025
Last week’s House bill effectively renders moot many of the law’s incentives.
—Alexa St. John, Twin Cities, 29 May 2025
The incentive package was paired with an extension of a previous incentive, which targeted the Fashion Square Mall, Magic Mall and Rosemont Plaza as potential redevelopment sites.
—Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 May 2025
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ArsTechnica, 30 May 2025
As envisioned, Amazon would pay Stellantis incentive fees for things like drivers signing up for its music subscription service through the vehicles, two sources said.
—Nora Eckert, USA Today, 29 May 2025
Last week’s House bill effectively renders moot many of the law’s incentives.
—Alexa St. John, Twin Cities, 29 May 2025
The incentive package was paired with an extension of a previous incentive, which targeted the Fashion Square Mall, Magic Mall and Rosemont Plaza as potential redevelopment sites.
—Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incentive
Noun
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And that is the impetus for a Wyldwood setup that will encourage cast and crew to keep their own family units intact during productions — not exactly the norm in the industry.—
Tatiana Siegel,
Variety,
22 May 2025
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Political developments are a big impetus for the changes.—
Larry Light,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2025
Noun
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What stuck with her most were the messages of encouragement and the resilience of the kittens themselves.—
Ashley Vega,
People.com,
26 May 2025
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On Saturday, Brinkley – who was married to Joel from 1985 to 1994 – took to social media to share her support and offer words of encouragement as Joel prepares to battle normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH), a rare disorder which affects his vision, hearing and balance.—
Christina Dugan Ramirez,
FOXNews.com,
25 May 2025
Noun
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The days of dodging class or suffering from a lack of motivation appear to be a thing of the past at Alpha School, a private pre-K through eighth grade institution that utilizes personalized artificial intelligence to teach an entire day of core academic lessons in just two hours.—
Alex Backus,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 May 2025
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The process is also shaped by a long-term signaling process where candidates express interest or withdraw based on personal motivations and interactions with the current leader.—
Matthew F. Erskine,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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The recordings revealed that AWB and ASH, two neurons that are responsible for making sense of olfactory stimuli, were activated when the corpses and fluids were present, indicating that the worms were smelling the signature of death.—
Sam Walters,
Discover Magazine,
23 May 2025
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When we get stung by a wasp, the association between pain and wasps is encoded in the region of the brain called the amygdala, which connects simple stimuli with basic emotions.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
21 May 2025
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“Incentive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incentive. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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