as in incentive
something that arouses action or activity
the huge rebates that the auto companies were offering were all the encouragement I needed to buy a new car
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Recent Examples of encouragement
O’Donnell, who lives in Montgomery, Ala., then experimented with recording A.I. speaking in his father’s voice with simple words of encouragement for his family members.
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Colin Dickey, New York Times, 10 July 2025
Jason Bateman even offered Shepard some encouragement to lock it down.
—Rachel Flynn, People.com, 12 July 2025
What a torrent of encouragement and loving advice and undeserved flattery over the years!
—John Updike, New Yorker, 11 July 2025
By July, a garden in full bloom may need some encouragement to keep its beautiful flowers in supply.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 11 July 2025
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Colin Dickey, New York Times, 10 July 2025
Jason Bateman even offered Shepard some encouragement to lock it down.
—Rachel Flynn, People.com, 12 July 2025
What a torrent of encouragement and loving advice and undeserved flattery over the years!
—John Updike, New Yorker, 11 July 2025
By July, a garden in full bloom may need some encouragement to keep its beautiful flowers in supply.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 11 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for encouragement
Recent Examples of Synonyms for encouragement
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As an example, traditional regulatory efforts tend to be seen as restrictive, while industrial policy typically incorporates enabling incentives to stimulate private or public sector action.—
Paulo Carvão,
Forbes.com,
19 July 2025
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Too quick of a shift could lead many aging rice farmers to just retire, while large commercial farms may need more incentives to switch back to producing mainly rice over other crops.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
18 July 2025
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This served as a mighty impetus to spur the Space Race.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
22 July 2025
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No company ever got into business to lose money, but with mergers like the impending one between Paramount and Skydance, a media company, which was the clear impetus for the settlement with Trump, the bottom line has never been more important.—
Bill Goodykoontz,
AZCentral.com,
18 July 2025
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Being direct with people earns their respect faster than any lecture about motivation.—
Marek Niedzwiedz,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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Numerous questions remain about the shooting, including Crooks’ motivation.—
Boston Herald Wire Services,
Boston Herald,
13 July 2025
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To put it into perspective, the two 2020 and one 2021 stimulus checks issued to Americans from the stimulus package totaled around $931 billion in financial relief via the stimulus checks, according to reports from the Government Accountability Office in 2022.—
Joyce Orlando,
Nashville Tennessean,
25 July 2025
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The big story China’s economy requires more than short-term stimulus, even as deflationary pressures intensify.—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
23 July 2025
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“Encouragement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/encouragement. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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