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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The system incentivizes pilots to prioritize impactful targets and ensures top-performing units are quickly resupplied.
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David Kirichenko, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Trump has said those levies will incentivize companies to re-shore production at a time when domestic drug manufacturing has shrunk dramatically over the past decade.
—Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2025
This new program would have a two-year limit on assistance for beneficiaries, with the exception of the elderly and individuals with disabilities, to incentivize self-sufficiency among able-bodied recipients.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
In many of these suburbs, the prevalence of tearing down perfectly sound old single-family homes in order to build often-gaudy new structures has led to proposals to incentivize keeping more of the old housing stock, using tax breaks and other means.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
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David Kirichenko, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Trump has said those levies will incentivize companies to re-shore production at a time when domestic drug manufacturing has shrunk dramatically over the past decade.
—Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2025
This new program would have a two-year limit on assistance for beneficiaries, with the exception of the elderly and individuals with disabilities, to incentivize self-sufficiency among able-bodied recipients.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
In many of these suburbs, the prevalence of tearing down perfectly sound old single-family homes in order to build often-gaudy new structures has led to proposals to incentivize keeping more of the old housing stock, using tax breaks and other means.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
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“Incentivize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/incentivize. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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