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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Additionally, the group broached regulation versus incentives, forever chemicals and conservation and reuse.—
Lana Ferguson,
Dallas Morning News,
2 Mar. 2026
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Vonblum said the city is aiming to strike a better balance between providing developer incentives and collecting enough from developers to cover the community needs created by new housing.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 Mar. 2026
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“Encouragements.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/encouragements. Accessed 4 Mar. 2026.
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