as in incentives
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 encouragements
In October 2024 ahead of her own stay at MSG, Billie Eilish recorded encouragements to take the subways for environmental benefits.
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Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 30 Oct. 2025
Hints, counsels, warnings, remonstrations, even encouragements are, in the end, of limited value.
—James Parker, The Atlantic, 21 Oct. 2025
Ward and Curlee also started the app Counterbalance, which provides daily encouragements, recipes, community and more.
—Emy Lacroix, People.com, 16 Aug. 2025
Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 30 Oct. 2025
Hints, counsels, warnings, remonstrations, even encouragements are, in the end, of limited value.
—James Parker, The Atlantic, 21 Oct. 2025
Ward and Curlee also started the app Counterbalance, which provides daily encouragements, recipes, community and more.
—Emy Lacroix, People.com, 16 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for encouragements
incentives
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President Joe Biden's signature Inflation Reduction Act offered many incentives for the development of these alternative energy sources.—
Tom Rogers,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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Germany scrapped incentives to boost purchases of fully electric vehicles about two years ago, a policy change that led to a sharp drop in demand for fully electric vehicles, initially.—
Lora Kolodny,
CNBC,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Encouragements.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/encouragements. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.
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