induce

Example Sentences

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Today’s AIs are engineered to actively induce us to over-trust them, she adds.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

"I did everything I could to have my voice heard. I begged them to induce me. They didn't want to believe that I knew what was right in my body," says Chloe.

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026

After praising the Grammy winner’s “excellent performance,” Farah Griffin recalled thinking the energetic spectacle — a celebration of the Latin community — would induce labor.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2026

The study, titled "Primate gut microbiota induce evolutionarily salient changes in mouse neurodevelopment," was published by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.

From Science Daily • Jan. 5, 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