motivated
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Motivated by this success, Dudin, Dey, Guichard, and Hamel began a long-term collaboration.
From Science Daily • Nov. 2, 2025
Motivated reasoning occurs when people bias their thinking to arrive at a conclusion that matches their own desires.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 8, 2025
Motivated by sustainability, a love for ’90s and early-2000s fashion and Latina pop stars like Selena, it’s no surprise that Martinez has been embraced by prominent young pop stars like Tinashe and Tyla.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 18, 2024
Ms McKinney filed her claim under New York’s Victims of Gender Motivated Violence Protection Act, which allows victims to file claims regardless of when the abuse occurred until 2025.
From BBC • May 22, 2024
Motivated by passion or logic others go to the end.—A first campaign results in carrying the enemy's out-works and his frontier fortresses, the philosophical army being led by Voltaire.
From The Ancient Regime by Durand, John
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