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
For deeper spiritual guidance, Tarot and Angel Card Readings offer encouragement and clarity about the past, present, and future.
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Kate Donnelly, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
The loudly enthusiastic crowd didn’t need any encouragement to do exactly that.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2025
Iranians are likely to take some encouragement from Mr. Trump’s announcement this week to lift sanctions against Syria’s new leaders despite their terrorist past.
—Steven Erlanger, New York Times, 17 May 2025
While Mahomes was at Texas Tech, his then-head coach and now the current Washington Commanders offensive coordinator, Kliff Kingsbury, asked Romo to write Mahomes a letter of encouragement.
—Jeff Fedotin, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
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Kate Donnelly, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
The loudly enthusiastic crowd didn’t need any encouragement to do exactly that.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2025
Iranians are likely to take some encouragement from Mr. Trump’s announcement this week to lift sanctions against Syria’s new leaders despite their terrorist past.
—Steven Erlanger, New York Times, 17 May 2025
While Mahomes was at Texas Tech, his then-head coach and now the current Washington Commanders offensive coordinator, Kliff Kingsbury, asked Romo to write Mahomes a letter of encouragement.
—Jeff Fedotin, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for encouragement
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The Biden administration sought to encourage manufacturers to build in the United States, but those efforts are still in their early stages, and many of the government incentives are now on the chopping block.—
Dan Gearino,
Wired News,
31 May 2025
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Margin Pressures Persist Due to the high interest and mortgage rates, many homebuilders have increased incentives and rate buydowns, which negatively impact margins.—
David Trainer,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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The church declined an interview and did not respond to specific questions about the impetus for the change.—
Lauren Jackson,
New York Times,
29 May 2025
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The immigration issue was Worsley’s impetus to enter politics.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Mercury News,
15 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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Have the Yankees used that fifth inning for motivation or just flushed it?—
Bill Shaikin,
Los Angeles Times,
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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“Encouragement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/encouragement. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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