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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They are thus incentivized to play in games when perhaps not fully healthy, a detriment to their team and the overall NBA product.
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Tony East, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
To incentivize residents to leave before September, park ownership offered $10,000 to those who leave by May 31; $5,000 to those who stay through July 15; and $2,500 to those who leave by the end of August.
—Miami Herald, 28 May 2026
Anthropic has struggled to meet demand in recent months, forcing it to institute usage limits during peak hours and incentivize off-peak use by offering more compute during those hours.
—Reuters, NBC news, 28 May 2026
But to critics, that model incentivizes insider trading.
—Lucien Bruggeman, ABC News, 28 May 2026
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Tony East, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
To incentivize residents to leave before September, park ownership offered $10,000 to those who leave by May 31; $5,000 to those who stay through July 15; and $2,500 to those who leave by the end of August.
—Miami Herald, 28 May 2026
Anthropic has struggled to meet demand in recent months, forcing it to institute usage limits during peak hours and incentivize off-peak use by offering more compute during those hours.
—Reuters, NBC news, 28 May 2026
But to critics, that model incentivizes insider trading.
—Lucien Bruggeman, ABC News, 28 May 2026
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“Incentivize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/incentivize. Accessed 30 May. 2026.
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