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
And that is the impetus for a Wyldwood setup that will encourage cast and crew to keep their own family units intact during productions — not exactly the norm in the industry.
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Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 22 May 2025
Political developments are a big impetus for the changes.
—Larry Light, Forbes.com, 18 May 2025
There’s ample culture, from world-class museums to all the theaters (Savoy and Lyceum to Royal Opera House); a show at one of them could be the impetus for an entire trip.
—Kathryn Romeyn, AFAR Media, 16 May 2025
The drop in trade between the two countries was a major impetus for talks this weekend that led to steep reductions in tariffs on both sides.
—Dian Zhang, USA Today, 15 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for impetus
Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 22 May 2025
Political developments are a big impetus for the changes.
—Larry Light, Forbes.com, 18 May 2025
There’s ample culture, from world-class museums to all the theaters (Savoy and Lyceum to Royal Opera House); a show at one of them could be the impetus for an entire trip.
—Kathryn Romeyn, AFAR Media, 16 May 2025
The drop in trade between the two countries was a major impetus for talks this weekend that led to steep reductions in tariffs on both sides.
—Dian Zhang, USA Today, 15 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for impetus
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impetus
Noun
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The Biden administration sought to encourage manufacturers to build in the United States, but those efforts are still in their early stages, and many of the government incentives are now on the chopping block.—
Dan Gearino,
Wired News,
31 May 2025
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While Enders’ report accuses Amazon of contributing to the piracy problem, as the owner of its own streaming service, Prime Video, Amazon has an incentive to fight piracy.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
30 May 2025
Noun
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What stuck with her most were the messages of encouragement and the resilience of the kittens themselves.—
Ashley Vega,
People.com,
26 May 2025
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In public support of his sister’s health journey, Robert Irwin also took to Instagram to share words of encouragement.—
Sara Vallone,
Miami Herald,
25 May 2025
Noun
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The days of dodging class or suffering from a lack of motivation appear to be a thing of the past at Alpha School, a private pre-K through eighth grade institution that utilizes personalized artificial intelligence to teach an entire day of core academic lessons in just two hours.—
Alex Backus,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 May 2025
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The process is also shaped by a long-term signaling process where candidates express interest or withdraw based on personal motivations and interactions with the current leader.—
Matthew F. Erskine,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
Noun
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The recordings revealed that AWB and ASH, two neurons that are responsible for making sense of olfactory stimuli, were activated when the corpses and fluids were present, indicating that the worms were smelling the signature of death.—
Sam Walters,
Discover Magazine,
23 May 2025
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When we get stung by a wasp, the association between pain and wasps is encoded in the region of the brain called the amygdala, which connects simple stimuli with basic emotions.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
21 May 2025
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“Impetus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impetus. Accessed 8 Jun. 2025.
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