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motivator

[moh-tuh-vey-ter] / ˈmoʊ təˌveɪ tər /




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Mayweather is 49 and Pacquiao 47, yet another staggering payday serves as a great motivator.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026

“He’s a worker and I think he’s a motivator and I’m all in,” Roberts said.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2025

Self-will is a powerful motivator, and it may have served you well up until now.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 10, 2025

For Eric and Charlene May, higher fees are a motivator to get their money’s worth.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

There was another motivator; Terryl remembered her mother-in- law, Alan’s mother, as someone who “didn’t get out of bed, because all she wanted to do was watch TV.”

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel