MOTIVED Synonyms: 63 Similar and Opposite Words

motived

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past tense of motive

as in motivated

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Democrats are motivated, Fink said, which puts pressure on Republicans to match that energy.

— Marvin Hurst, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026
What remains disputed is whether those beliefs motivated the Tate-LaBianca murders or whether, as Berlinger argues, prosecutors elevated them into the central theory of their case.

— Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2026

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Though the hotel burned down twice, it was rebuilt following the more recent fire of 1925; its present-day structure is inspired by Rome’s Villa Medici.

— Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 4 Sep. 2026
Oral healthcare doesn’t often make the global news cycle, but earlier this week Dyson added a new gadget to its product lineup that inspired a flurry of headlines.

— Elizabeth Gulino, Allure, 4 Sep. 2026

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The Associated Press HONG KONG -- Chinese markets are booming with new public stock offerings, energized by the craze for artificial intelligence and other advanced technology and a growing preference to list shares in Hong Kong and Shanghai.

— ABC News, ABC News, 31 Aug. 2026
Montreal was in 14th place in the East but had been energized by the arrival of Chilean star Alexis Sanchez.

— Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 30 Aug. 2026

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It’s well known that psychedelics such as LSD can spark psychotic breaks, but meditation can produce altered states of consciousness almost as powerful as those induced by psychedelics.

— Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2026
Ballmer built it as his monument to legitimacy, but its enormous halo scoreboard was constructed by Daktronics, one of the four team partners investigators found was induced to pay Leonard.

— Jason Lloyd, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of induced

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Smith said when the Dodgers activated him at the beginning of the month.

— Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026
The baseline battery life for AirPods 5 enables up to five hours of playback with active noise cancellation activated on a single charge, which exceeds the older AirPods model by one hour.

— Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of activated

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They are animated with flowers, grasses and trees, not to mention meeting spaces, fountains, hanging gardens and an amphitheater.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
As Liverpool battled in vain to find a late winner against Forest, Gakpo was as animated as anyone on the touchline after Rio Ngumoha came off the bench to replace him.

— James Pearce, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2026

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