encouraging
adjective
en·cour·ag·ing
in-ˈkər-i-jiŋ 
-ˈkə-ri-,
en-
: giving hope or promise
encouraging news
Examples of encouraging in a Sentence
We've just heard some encouraging news.
encouraging signs that the economy is improving
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Dell Technologies also recently provided an encouraging data point on the acceleration of AI infrastructure spending.
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Jeff Marks, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2025
The videos Pritzker has been encouraging would mostly be spreading anyway.
—Ben Smith, semafor.com, 20 Oct. 2025
Raiders head coach Pete Carroll announced an encouraging update regarding both Bowers and Meyers on Monday, saying both pass-catchers should be back on the field for Week 9's matchup against the Jacksonville Jaguars.
—Matt Audilet, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
Even more encouraging, its findings, along with those from other early gene-therapy trials, point toward a future when more children (and maybe, in time, adults as well) can experience their own small miracles of science.
—Lisa Jarvis, Twin Cities, 19 Oct. 2025
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Jeff Marks, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2025
The videos Pritzker has been encouraging would mostly be spreading anyway.
—Ben Smith, semafor.com, 20 Oct. 2025
Raiders head coach Pete Carroll announced an encouraging update regarding both Bowers and Meyers on Monday, saying both pass-catchers should be back on the field for Week 9's matchup against the Jacksonville Jaguars.
—Matt Audilet, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
Even more encouraging, its findings, along with those from other early gene-therapy trials, point toward a future when more children (and maybe, in time, adults as well) can experience their own small miracles of science.
—Lisa Jarvis, Twin Cities, 19 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for encouraging
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“Encouraging.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/encouraging. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.
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