discourage
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In this way and others, he says, professors may unwittingly discourage or alienate students.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
According to Shanker, limited culling may sometimes discourage wild animals from entering human-dominated areas more effectively than several other approaches currently in use.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026
I don’t want to discourage you from buying an apartment.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
What the reforms would discourage is the strategic use of firings to immobilize the commissions themselves.
From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2026
She’s trying to discourage him nicely, but what sucks is that he’s practically forcing her to hurt him.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
Anthropic discourages other AI developers from using its tools to accelerate AI development, prohibiting competing products via its terms of service.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026
The Dare Market app allows people to challenge one another to complete dares for prizes or money, but discourages users from breaking any laws, Rose-Perfito said.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2026
McReynolds said allowing taxis into bus lanes "slows buses, discourages public transport use and undermines sustainable transport options".
From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2026
Taxing buildings and land together at the same rate discourages precisely the activity cities most need, namely new construction and redevelopment.
From Barron's ● Apr. 17, 2026
Abnegation discourages anything done strictly for my own enjoyment, and that is what this is: my lungs burning, my muscles aching, the fierce pleasure of a flat-out sprint.
From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth
With unemployment above 33 percent -- and far higher when discouraged job seekers are included -- labour unions and researchers argue there is no shortage of South Africans willing to work.
From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026
The commission is not discouraged by any of this data.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
Mayor Clara Brugada discouraged fans from going to the Angel monument, saying the city would offer celebrations at other locations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2026
He added that lifelong anonymity was given to complainants in sexual offence cases and "great attention must be taken" to make sure this was not undermined or victims were not discouraged from coming forward.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
“I gave everybody his name,” said Gaines in his office one day, obviously discouraged.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
The discovery may be discouraging for agencies that have spent decades trying to contain Guam's brown tree snake population.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026
Hamilton knew that high protective tariffs, by discouraging importing and encouraging smuggling, suppressed those collections.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
Economists have traditionally believed that monetary policy influences the business cycle primarily by encouraging or discouraging investment.
From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026
It puts you in your place and, whether you realize it or not, it’s a subversive way of controlling the outcome and discouraging you from using your voice.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 6, 2026
Al Ulbrickson generally made a point of discouraging anyone in the crew house from reading the sports pages during the school year.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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