incentive

Example Sentences

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"It's a pretty big incentive for us to run it," Potter says.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

So, the PBMs had every financial incentive to keep selling Humira rather than provide patients with a much less expensive biosimilar version of the medicine.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026

“In an environment where you’re fighting for a promotion … It’s just a further incentive to agents to engage in this kind of activity. So it’s pernicious on multiple levels.”

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

Barron’s has argued that the industry erred by setting up private and public funds because it gives investors incentive to swap from private to public when the public funds get cheap.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

“You mean am I sure he has incentive? Yes, he has incentive. He enjoys it.”

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick