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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Subashini Subramanian said the software her second-grade daughter uses for math, DreamBox, incentivizes rushing through levels to gain points.
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Sharon Lurye, Fortune, 14 May 2026
The energy crisis is incentivizing these decisions, according to Yu Sun Chin of the research group Zero Carbon Analytics.
—ABC News, 13 May 2026
The Schwab Teen Investor Account incentivizes learning from the start.
—Andreina Rodriguez, CNBC, 13 May 2026
One incentivized the construction of data centers in Colorado and the other restricted it.
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Sharon Lurye, Fortune, 14 May 2026
The energy crisis is incentivizing these decisions, according to Yu Sun Chin of the research group Zero Carbon Analytics.
—ABC News, 13 May 2026
The Schwab Teen Investor Account incentivizes learning from the start.
—Andreina Rodriguez, CNBC, 13 May 2026
One incentivized the construction of data centers in Colorado and the other restricted it.
—Chierstin Roth, CBS News, 13 May 2026
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“Incentivize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/incentivize. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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