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induce

[in-doos, -dyoos] / ɪnˈdus, -ˈdjus /


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"It's a social emotion because memories that induce nostalgia for us are connected to other people," he explains, adding that nostalgia can boost our self-esteem while highlighting key social bonds.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

Many economists call for the government to give priority to policies that would induce Chinese households to spend more in order to halt the debt spiral.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

One group received a standard diet, while another was given a high-fat diet to induce obesity.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

“I think that would induce a recession which would eventually drive down yields.”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

The doctors were worried and told my parents they might have to induce labor if the contractions didn’t restart.

From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge

If you’ve never been in a Dulles people mover, you might be puzzled by the white-hot hatred it induces.

From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026

Their study, titled "The aging factor EPS8 induces disease-related protein aggregation through RAC signaling hyperactivation," was published in Nature Aging.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 3, 2026

It is used in combination with a second drug misoprostol, which induces cramping.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026

"A provider induces infringement if it actively encourages infringement through specific acts," it said.

From Barron's ● Mar. 25, 2026

It induces a kind of psychological claustrophobia that makes one yearn not only for freedom of movement but spiritual escape.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

Jade said she had spent almost three days in labour before she was induced and she finally delivered her daughter with the help of forceps.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

Sophie said she and Ryli were told Florence may need to be induced into a coma at any point and it was "so touch-and-go the whole time".

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

Officials said they suspect medication he was taking induced a false result, allowing his entry into the country.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

To open the fifth, he induced Salas to hit the ball on the ground, but it got away from second baseman Tommy Edman as he dove up the middle, for a single.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

Each angle of it induced a different impression.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote

Since the founding of the Soviet Union, Moscow’s security services have relied on inducing people they wished to arrest into committing some hostile or unlawful act in order to arrest them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

Snell got out of the inning without further damage, inducing Lee to pop out and, after walking Kevin McGonigle, striking out Dillon Dingler and Eduardo Valencia.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026

“These episodes ended with an eventual reversal in investment, inducing economy-wide recessions,” the BIS said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026

This separation is a phase change that consumes energy, inducing a cooling effect, like when steam evaporates off a cup of hot water.

From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026

The hot exposed solar interior will flood the shell with ultraviolet light, inducing a lovely red and blue fluorescence extending beyond the orbit of Pluto.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan


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