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inciting

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verb

present participle of incite
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Recent Examples of inciting
Adjective
That’s the inciting incident of After the Hunt, directed by Luca Guadagnino (Queer, Challengers) and written by Nora Garrett. Barry Levitt, Time, 17 Oct. 2025 His alleged infidelity became the inciting incident of the series, and Brooks’s sisters rally around her amid the breakup. Tom Smyth, Vulture, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
Although Odinga was never accused of inciting violence, others — including future presidents Ruto and Uhuru Kenyatta — were. CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2025 That public humiliation is The Chair Company’s inciting incident. Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 13 Oct. 2025 Things are odd enough on the yacht before the big, inciting maybe-murder. Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 9 Oct. 2025 Scammers use sophisticated tactics that prey on the vulnerabilities of older adults, inciting panic and inducing isolation so that individuals make decisions alone and quickly. Madhusree Mukerjee, Scientific American, 8 Oct. 2025 The group also slammed how authorities arrested some social media users and activists for purportedly inciting violence. Chad De Guzman, Time, 6 Oct. 2025 That’s inciting lots of speculation again — (about) the sustainable fuel, the energy balance. Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025 Wole’s infidelity is an important inciting incident, but this moment of personal reckoning was inevitable. Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2025 Rivers, in a Facebook post, accused Antao of inciting the attack by antagonizing her. Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 27 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inciting
Adjective
  • Sabrina Carpenter leaned into her provocative image while pulling double duty as host and musical guest on Saturday Night Live.
    Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Her poetry carries it all—the metaphysical, the flirtatious, the unsettling, the provocative— all in such miniscule space.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • This tender, wry and thought-provoking story offers a different perspective on looking for love, regret and the ‘what if’ of it all.
    Leo Barraclough, Variety, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Skims is no stranger to bold and thought-provoking products, having previously caused a stir with its controversial line of face wraps.
    Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • His message emphasizes calm confidence, encouraging pet parents to embrace their role as the pack leader in their home.
    Madeline Gunderson, USA Today, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Now is a period of stillness — encouraging you to embrace spirituality and trust and flow with the universe.
    Kyle Thomas, PEOPLE, 19 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • What Happens Next Greene is likely to continue stoking controversy by breaking with her party, as conversations around immigration remain charged and divisive.
    Alia Shoaib, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
  • For context, geomagnetic storms are caused by fiery eruptions from the sun's surface that send charged particles zipping toward our planet.
    Tom Brown, Space.com, 20 May 2025
Verb
  • Pneumococcal vaccines work by stimulating an immune system response to pneumonia bacteria.
    Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The mouse portion of the new research found that Covid mRNA vaccination appeared to make the immune system more attuned to recognizing tumors as a threat by stimulating dendritic cells, a type of white blood cell.
    Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC news, 19 Oct. 2025

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“Inciting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inciting. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.

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