discourage
Example Sentences
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Ms. Canaan further alleges that Ms. Rosemeyer aggressively discouraged her from filing a formal complaint.
They also argue that the AI-generated summaries discourage clicks to publishers' original pages, reducing traffic to their sites and in turn cutting their advertising revenue.
From Barron's
When I admitted how discouraged I felt about not finding Mom, Ray said we’ve ruled out things and that’s an important part of the process.
From Literature
If there are power shortages, insulating customers from higher prices discourages conservation.
The co-payments or deductibles structure could discourage lower-income households from signing up, since the coverage limits fall short for chronic or complex illnesses, they say.
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