1
as in causes
to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)
a misguided pride prompted the family to refuse all offers of help
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as in urges
to try to persuade (someone) through earnest appeals to follow a course of action
prompted the reluctant performer onto the stage with loud cheers and whistles
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Recent Examples of prompts
Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
The central story of a young boy learning rituals from elders prompts universal questions about how spirituality can guide and limit our lives.
—Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 24 Oct. 2025
This prompts an anti-Magisterium resistance group to send its own agent, who is Malcolm from La Belle Sauvage, now all grown up into a historian.
—Lev Grossman, The Atlantic, 23 Oct. 2025
The thrill of the unexplained is what prompts so many to take ghost tours, which often tell juicy and sometimes goosebump-inducing stories that give historic sites a richer context.
—Sophie Friedman, AFAR Media, 22 Oct. 2025
Neptune back in Pisces prompts a progress review.
—Usa Today, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025
At the top of each episode, host Kareem Rahma prompts guests to offer their hottest take, and the Ozark star, 56, did not hold back.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
Goodall’s death concluded a remarkable chapter in environmental advocacy that inspired countless scientists and activists worldwide, and prompts reflection on the enduring significance of her work and its impact on generations to come.
—Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
Your intellectual curiosity prompts you to analyze people and your surroundings.
—Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
The good news is that depending on how your prompts are worded, there is a solid chance that GPT-5 will select one of the GPT-5 submodels that will do a bang-up job of answering your prompt.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Noun
The winger’s turn prompts Vinicius to leave his man, Pierre Kalulu, to join the press.
—Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
The central story of a young boy learning rituals from elders prompts universal questions about how spirituality can guide and limit our lives.
—Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 24 Oct. 2025
This prompts an anti-Magisterium resistance group to send its own agent, who is Malcolm from La Belle Sauvage, now all grown up into a historian.
—Lev Grossman, The Atlantic, 23 Oct. 2025
The thrill of the unexplained is what prompts so many to take ghost tours, which often tell juicy and sometimes goosebump-inducing stories that give historic sites a richer context.
—Sophie Friedman, AFAR Media, 22 Oct. 2025
Neptune back in Pisces prompts a progress review.
—Usa Today, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025
At the top of each episode, host Kareem Rahma prompts guests to offer their hottest take, and the Ozark star, 56, did not hold back.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
Goodall’s death concluded a remarkable chapter in environmental advocacy that inspired countless scientists and activists worldwide, and prompts reflection on the enduring significance of her work and its impact on generations to come.
—Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
Your intellectual curiosity prompts you to analyze people and your surroundings.
—Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 16 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prompts
Verb
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The bill also specifies that if an AI causes harm, the human owners or developers would be responsible.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
22 Oct. 2025
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The water pressure then causes the vehicle to rise and slide on a thin layer of water between the tires and the road, making the driver lose control.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
22 Oct. 2025
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Whatever happens, Goelman urges parents not to let one challenging online incident define your teen or your parenting journey.—
Wendy Wisner,
Parents,
22 Oct. 2025
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The service urges folks to protect tender plants from the cold.—
Cheryl V. Jackson,
IndyStar,
22 Oct. 2025
Noun
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During the shutdown, essential employees who are still working should continue to document their hours in accordance with special instructions from their agency's payroll provider, according to OPM.—
Melina Khan,
USA Today,
22 Oct. 2025
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When prompt instructions encouraged models to maximize rewards or hit specific financial goals, irrationality increased.—
Jesus Mesa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Earth’s magnetic field radiates from our planet’s poles, arcs deep into space, and creates a vast, magnetic bubble, known as the magnetosphere, that protects us from the solar wind.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
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Just as the close loss at Oregon served as the cornerstone of their playoff-worthy resume last year, the loss at South Florida creates a giant stain this season.—
Jon Wilner,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Oct. 2025
Verb
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For holidays that are primarily observed in the United States, Tillery encourages travelers to look beyond domestic trips.—
Essence,
Essence,
24 Oct. 2025
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In general, the State Department encourages all Americans who travel abroad to sign up for its free Smart Traveler Enrollment Program (STEP) before any international trip.—
Michael Cappetta,
Travel + Leisure,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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There are occasional reminders that the Mafia lingers.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
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The glasses can also show drivers turn-by-turn directions, hazards and reminders via display that overlays information in their field of view.—
Annie Palmer,
CNBC,
22 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Ninety-five percent of the components of an iPhone, for example—a product family that generates half of Apple’s total revenue—come from overseas, and the vast majority of them are assembled in China.—
Andrew Nusca,
Fortune,
24 Oct. 2025
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Also part of this launch is the new NC° Band, a wearable device that generates a prediction on which stage of perimenopause the wearer is in by using biometric data like body temperature and heart rate.—
Helen Carefoot,
Flow Space,
22 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The Challenge Our team started this research in summer 2023, when one of us, a space weather expert, spotted inconsistencies in space weather observations.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
24 Oct. 2025
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Nobody Wants This is a tougher case because its leads, Kristen Bell and Adam Brody, are just so charming and many of its observations about love and family are just so spot-on that weaker elements can get lost in the froth.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Prompts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prompts. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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