encouraged

Example Sentences

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Already the high profitability has encouraged heavy capital spending.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

For too long those incentives encouraged colleges to raise prices and bury students in debt.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

She said the group was "particularly encouraged" by the commitment to take action against accounts operated by or on behalf of terrorist organisations proscribed in the UK.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

On the AI server side, Citi was encouraged by comments from cloud infrastructure company CoreWeave and server maker Super Micro Computer, which signaled accelerating AI adoption across enterprises, sovereign clouds, and neoclouds.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

That just encouraged him to keep up his reputation as the number one scalawag in Sassafras Springs.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney