incentivize
verb
in·cen·tiv·ize
in-ˈsen-tə-ˌvīz 
incentivized; incentivizing
: to provide with an incentive
would incentivize employees with stock options
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But officials attribute growth in ADUs to state laws incentivizing their construction — including the elimination of certain requirements for setbacks, permitting and owner-occupancy.
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Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Dec. 2025
The problem is that everyone doing as they are incentivized ends up with a whole that's not very compelling.
—Lauren De Young, AZCentral.com, 1 Dec. 2025
And more fouls are being called, leading to more free throws, perhaps incentivizing teams to drive to the basket more often in pursuit of those calls.
—Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 30 Nov. 2025
Bed-Stuy Gateway BID incentivizes shopping local with prizes Nearly two dozen businesses on Fulton Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant are partaking in something new this year with the Bed-Stuy Gateway Business Improvement District (BID).
—Kristie Keleshian, CBS News, 30 Nov. 2025
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Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Dec. 2025
The problem is that everyone doing as they are incentivized ends up with a whole that's not very compelling.
—Lauren De Young, AZCentral.com, 1 Dec. 2025
And more fouls are being called, leading to more free throws, perhaps incentivizing teams to drive to the basket more often in pursuit of those calls.
—Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 30 Nov. 2025
Bed-Stuy Gateway BID incentivizes shopping local with prizes Nearly two dozen businesses on Fulton Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant are partaking in something new this year with the Bed-Stuy Gateway Business Improvement District (BID).
—Kristie Keleshian, CBS News, 30 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for incentivize
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“Incentivize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/incentivize. Accessed 5 Dec. 2025.
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