discourage

Example Sentences

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Market reaction: Treasury yields rose after the employment report on the assumption a stronger labor market could discourage the Fed from cutting interest rates.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

A frenzied debate has gripped campus, with students protesting that the changes would increase stress, fuel competition and discourage academic exploration.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Surely, Jackson wrote, a state can direct doctors to discourage, and not encourage, smoking cigarettes.

From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026

The rejection didn’t discourage her, instead she was inspired by the level of talent and pushed by the networking.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

This would discourage him, and he would go about the farm doing something else.

From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah