- present participle of encourage.
encouraging
Example Sentences
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Publicly, Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass continued to make comments encouraging Bonta and Paramount to find a solution.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
“The charts of bitcoin, and other leading cryptos, continue to look encouraging from a technical point of view,” David Morrison, senior market analyst at Trade Nation, said in recent emailed notes to clients.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
Although the trial was not designed to determine whether the treatment improved pancreatic cancer outcomes, researchers observed encouraging signals.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026
His partnership with Pedri has emerged as one of the more encouraging signs, as there were doubts about it.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
“Wait, are you encouraging him to jump into that nasty water?”
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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