hortative

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hortative
Adjective
  • The program will include in-depth training modules, financial analysis and access to Schneider Electric’s advisory services.
    Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 24 Sep. 2025
  • To respond to banker and customer questions about climate change and evolving energy markets, Petno set up a brain trust of sorts with a new internal advisory hub dubbed the Center for Carbon Transition.
    Justin Worland, Time, 23 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Agencies must also build consultative services and ecosystem ties to stay indispensable.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The legislation comes after a consultative referendum last year in which 55% of voters supported the right to end-of-life autonomy.
    Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 19 July 2025
Adjective
  • And as Wired recently observed, the documentary’s cautionary aspects can be read alongside Frankenstein’s to fine effect.
    Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Ticket resale giant StubHub offers another cautionary tale of regulatory risk destroying enterprise value.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 22 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • And while the formal rules on travel have relaxed, the admonitory official language is unchanged.
    John Liu, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2023
  • Satire has always had an admonitory function, and besides, some people are so obnoxious that a writer has to slow-walk the reader through their awfulness.
    Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 11 May 2022
Adjective
  • As is the way with these premonitory lists, not all games are guaranteed 2025 releases.
    Matt Gardner, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Fashion observers had also noticed that Swift had introduced a premonitory blue bodysuit into her wardrobe at the Tuesday show.
    Angelique Jackson, Variety, 9 Aug. 2023
Adjective
  • McKinsey could also slash as many as 2,000 non-consulting staff in one of its biggest round of layoffs ever, Bloomberg reported last month, citing unnamed sources close to the matter.
    Anna Cooban, CNN, 23 Mar. 2023
  • In an email to AL.com, Jones said Alabama Writers’ Forum will have a consulting role with the initiative, including assisting with publicity and sharing contacts across the state to help promote events or connect delegates with partners.
    Shauna Stuart | sstuart@al.com, al, 3 Oct. 2022
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“Hortative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hortative. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.

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