as in incentive
something that arouses action or activity
the huge rebates that the auto companies were offering were all the encouragement I needed to buy a new car
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Recent Examples of encouragement
Now more than 70 years after Desai’s encouragement first helped her family find their footing, Sarolia is running a company with eight hotels in its portfolio.
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Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2025
Aside from his illustrious music career, 50 Cent is most known for his relentless trolling and constant encouragement of drama and chaos.
—Regina Cho, VIBE.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Many donations included messages of encouragement for the Sanford family.
—Greg Wehner , Garrett Tenney, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2025
The 24th pick out of Colorado State provided some encouragement with a strong summer-league performance, where his plus IQ and non-scoring contributions (rebounding, passing, defending) were as expected, while his shooting was a pleasant surprise.
—John Hollinger, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
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Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2025
Aside from his illustrious music career, 50 Cent is most known for his relentless trolling and constant encouragement of drama and chaos.
—Regina Cho, VIBE.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Many donations included messages of encouragement for the Sanford family.
—Greg Wehner , Garrett Tenney, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2025
The 24th pick out of Colorado State provided some encouragement with a strong summer-league performance, where his plus IQ and non-scoring contributions (rebounding, passing, defending) were as expected, while his shooting was a pleasant surprise.
—John Hollinger, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for encouragement
Noun
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Washington can stomach Sarr’s undisciplined shot diet because the team, still early in its rebuild, has little incentive to win right now.—
Josh Robbins,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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Finance is full of bad incentives and outright exploitation.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
7 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The impetus for Redeux Style was to teach people how to create beautiful moments in their lives to be more sustainable.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
26 Sep. 2025
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There was enough of an impetus, there was enough energy there.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
25 Sep. 2025
Noun
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No throwback footage was needed as motivation on Sunday; only clips of their opponent.—
Ben Pickman,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
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And so that was the real motivation.—
Daniel McFadin,
Arkansas Online,
6 Oct. 2025
Noun
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To him, animal behavior was largely based on stimulus and response.—
Danny Robb,
JSTOR Daily,
1 Oct. 2025
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The receptors in your hands respond to myriad stimuli-like pressures—vibrations in sync with 15 different families of neurons.—
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez,
Fortune,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Encouragement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/encouragement. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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