incentivize
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I’m kidding: Even under normal circumstances, giving private companies this much power is likely to incentivize inventing enemies to fight or drive unnecessary spending.
From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026
“For me, this is a way to incentivize to slow people down,” McKinnor said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
The idea of guaranteeing future demand to incentivize innovation was borrowed from vaccine development.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
Morgan analyst Samik Chatterjee pointed out that Seagate has stopped providing discounts to incentivize customers to adopt next-generation products.
From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026
Parents can also incentivize their children to invest more.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 8, 2026
Weary of venomous snake bites, British authorities put a bounty on dead cobras — but this only incentivized locals to breed more of the snakes, in order to collect even more reward money.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026
The number of shoot days from incentivized productions is slowly growing, but Los Angeles’ on-location filming is still down compared to last year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
Publishers are incentivized to work with writers who come with a built-in fan base to market their books.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
For investors, that means that Tesla owners with AI3 hardware might be incentivized to buy FSD subscriptions for $99 a month.
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
A workforce that is literally bought into the company might be incentivized to stay longer and work harder because they stand to benefit financially from the business’s success if the stock price rises.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 23, 2026
It is the most significant legislation Congress has passed on housing in more than 30 years, and it contains a host of provisions aimed at removing regulatory barriers, improving federal programs and incentivizing new building.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
Former Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner’s Workers’ Rights Bill in 2025 had the unintended effect of discouraging employers from making permanent hires and instead incentivizing them to take workers on as sub-contractors.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 15, 2026
By doing these things you are incentivizing him to behave more badly in the future.
From Slate ● Apr. 15, 2026
Higher aluminum prices outside of China are also incentivizing producers there to export more, which mitigates some of the global supply risks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026
Policymakers could link loan payments to a school to their students’ earnings, thus incentivizing colleges to provide an education that leads to high-paying jobs.
From Barron's ● Feb. 10, 2026
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