as in incentive
something that arouses action or activity
the reward money should be sufficient impetus for someone to come forward with information about the robbery
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Recent Examples of impetus
However, the company has recently made a huge change that is the impetus for a plan that should drive tremendous shareholder value — after being led by co-founder Aneel Bhusri since inception, Carl Eschenbach became its full-time CEO in February 2024.
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Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 20 Sep. 2025
Inadvertently, the smartphone has destroyed our impetus to wander, get lost, and find ourselves.
—Paul Greenberg, Time, 20 Sep. 2025
My student’s comment in that graduate classroom was one impetus for this essay.
—Garth Greenwell, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
While von Holzhausen didn't comment on the impetus for the redesign, the company has come under fire following an earlier Bloomberg investigation documenting cases where Tesla occupants —or first responders—have struggled to exit or enter the vehicle after a loss of power.
—Jason Del Rey, Fortune, 18 Sep. 2025
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Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 20 Sep. 2025
Inadvertently, the smartphone has destroyed our impetus to wander, get lost, and find ourselves.
—Paul Greenberg, Time, 20 Sep. 2025
My student’s comment in that graduate classroom was one impetus for this essay.
—Garth Greenwell, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
While von Holzhausen didn't comment on the impetus for the redesign, the company has come under fire following an earlier Bloomberg investigation documenting cases where Tesla occupants —or first responders—have struggled to exit or enter the vehicle after a loss of power.
—Jason Del Rey, Fortune, 18 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for impetus
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Tesla had a first-mover advantage in China in 2013, leveraging the government’s support of EVs with subsidies and incentives and its production base and opening a gigafactory in Shanghai in 2019.—
Rebecca A. Fannin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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Livermore and Alameda officials unsuccessfully offered their own tax incentive packages.—
Kyle Martin,
Mercury News,
30 Sep. 2025
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Reaction to the Grand Blanc Township violence Statements of support, shock and encouragement quickly flooded social media.—
Frank Witsil,
Freep.com,
29 Sep. 2025
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Not the one on the field to celebrate a win, but the quieter one to punctuate a season — sharing hugs, backslaps and whispered words of encouragement for the winter to come, for a winter that has come too soon.—
Tim Britton,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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The actor discussed his character's motivations in a 2024 interview with TV Insider.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Sep. 2025
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Some of you may have felt a deep motivation to change your identity, embrace new horizons or shake up your life’s destiny.—
Kyle Thomas,
PEOPLE,
28 Sep. 2025
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The report also complicates the Federal Reserve’s recent pivot toward rate cuts, as stronger GDP may reduce the urgency for additional stimulus.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Sep. 2025
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There’s so much stimuli that I get really pumped doing it.—
Jennifer Maas,
Variety,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Impetus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impetus. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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