motiving

verb

present participle of motive
as in setting off

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for motiving
  1. setting off
  2. pumping up
  3. motivating
  4. animating
  5. activating
  6. driving
  7. energizing
  8. inducing
Verb
  • Think of it like setting off a firework inside of a long, narrow hallway (which, by the way, is a really bad idea).
    — Laura Kiniry, Popular Science, 16 July 2026
  • Many accounts were opted in by default, making their public photos available to the tool and setting off alarm in the entertainment industry.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
Definition of setting off
Verb
  • In other words, pumping up the stock market was seen as a way to drive consumer spending.
    — George Calhoun, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
  • Many of my fellow viewers enthusiastically embraced the role of wrestling fans and behaved as if at a WWE match, audibly pumping up the hero and booing her opponents.
    — Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2026
Definition of pumping up
Verb
  • What, then, is motivating the 41-year-old to don Portugal’s kit for his sixth and final World Cup this summer?
    — Ashley Mowreader, NBC news, 3 July 2026
  • Blorian said Sporting’s current last-place standing is motivating and a welcome challenge to bring the club back up.
    — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 2 July 2026
Definition of motivating
Verb
  • The code covers much more ground, but its animating spirit is clear throughout.
    — Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 10 July 2026
  • Railing against a new crop of progressive candidates has emerged as a more animating focus for a president who thrills to a fight.
    — Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 5 July 2026
Definition of animating
Verb
  • The second exercise is a double-leg glute bridge and hold, which focuses on activating those hamstrings and glutes — both essential muscles in supporting acceleration and top speed.
    — Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 17 July 2026
  • Those launches were successful, but ground teams ran into problems activating and commissioning satellites made by York Space Systems and Lockheed Martin.
    — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 17 July 2026
Definition of activating
Verb
  • The war with Iran and renewed closure of the strait aren’t the only factors driving prices higher.
    — Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
  • For Åkerfeldt, there were two competing philosophies driving the band’s music.
    — Sam Goldner, Pitchfork, 19 July 2026
Definition of driving
Verb
  • No set of bonds is more deep-rooted, and the flux of those intimate connections, the fundamental passion energizing even the simplest interaction, imbue these wanderings with elemental power.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 10 July 2026
  • Begin with small, inclusive, and optional activities to build a truly engaging and energizing work environment, where joy becomes integral to daily operations.
    — Rick Tollakson, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
Definition of energizing
Verb
  • Instead, Vesia intentionally walked Goldschmidt before inducing an inning-ending flyout from ex-Dodger Cody Bellinger.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 18 July 2026
  • According to the court judgment, the pair arranged for employees and associates to drive up bidding prices at auction, inducing the collector, identified under the pseudonym Li Pin, to purchase the items at inflated prices.
    — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of inducing
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