motivation

Part of the LSE’s motivation for running the private markets venue is to forge early links with young private companies that might one day want to go public.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Jones said Sepahvand's motivation was to try to resolve a criminal conviction he had in Iran for theft.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

He shares that his family, his wife and daughter, provide him with a newfound motivation to make justice a reality for Black people and all other people of color.

From Salon ● Sep. 29, 2026

Los Angeles investor Steve Emerson said his motivation in writing checks to moderate Democrats such as Stevens is “to fight antisemitism.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

In this case, they wanted to learn about the motivation behind blood donations.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt

Secessionist movements regularly have "economic motivations," but typically those are married to a linguistic or nationalist component, Griffiths said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

I still can’t say with certainty why this prosecution was perpetuated—what portion was attributable to the motivations of individual government agents and what portion to forces of institutional inertia.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

You know, normally in First Amendment cases, there is a factual dispute about the motivations of government action.

From Slate ● Sep. 30, 2026

Just as your altruism or kindness can lead you astray, so can other motivations, like greed — participating in a get-rich-quick scam that seems too good to be true.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

This practice of inferring the motivations and intentions of others is classic thin-slicing.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell