encourage
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The review points to recent evidence showing that recruitment of B cells can encourage macrophages to adopt M2 states, helping reduce excessive inflammation as healing progresses.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026
Approaches that influence macrophage polarization are especially promising, with several drugs showing an ability to encourage M2 states and speed wound closure.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026
"So I know there is more to do to fix that, specifically on tax, to encourage people to stay and scale."
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
The rules might encourage more donations because they let people give via payroll deductions, which makes the process easier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
She doesn’t need to encourage me—I know right away that this is a world I cannot only control but master.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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"If we believe that 'artificial' already encourages fear, 'super' seems like something far more worrisome," said Dube, calling it "a poor choice of new brand."
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
Bonds may receive a bid later in 2027, when the stock market slide eventually encourages a move into havens, he added.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
In a sport that heavily encourages everyone watching to follow the narrative, it’s hard not to notice a pattern.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026
Dale Richardson, a police fraud protect officer, encourages families to be "curious but not confrontational".
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
Jay encourages: “We got to do it. Just do it.”
From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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"Physicians are encouraged by her physical recovery," the statement said.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
“They’d have sketch pads, and we were encouraged to be physically animated when delivering our lines. The animators would incorporate some of the physical aspects of our line deliveries into the animation.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
Beneath the gumline, adding those signals encouraged later colonizing species associated with disease.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026
In the past several years, Meyer has been encouraged to see more companies such as Rainmaker bring innovation to an old industry.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
“Miss Mortimer always encouraged the girls to go for walks when we were puzzling over a difficult assignment,” Penelope thought.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
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Asia is bearing most of the demand adjustment, with higher LNG prices encouraging switching to coal in power generation and fuel substitution in industry, particularly in India and China.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
He said: "I think that really the best thing that we should be doing is encouraging people to be able to afford to buy their own homes."
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
The resulting competition at home keeps prices low, making Chinese goods cheaper abroad and encouraging even more exports to flood the world.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
In a study published September 1, 2026, in the Journal of Wood Science, researchers tested Hinoki root essential oil and found several encouraging signs.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
We both see A’Leia, angry, encouraging, whispering, giving Kelvin water.
From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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