discourage
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Associated Press guidelines, which discourage attributing human emotions or traits to AI, could be influencing how journalists write about these technologies.
From Science Daily • Apr. 19, 2026
This is intended to prevent plans that discourage seniors with costly medical conditions from enrolling.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
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
Surely, Jackson wrote, a state can direct doctors to discourage, and not encourage, smoking cigarettes.
From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026
The ice-cream-eating man sat beside her on the train and, to discourage conversation, she stared fixedly at a brown stain near her feet, a spilled frozen Frappuccino, until they arrived at Trenton.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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