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motivation

[moh-tuh-vey-shuhn] / ˌmoʊ təˈveɪ ʃən /


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His motivation these days is “family, my love for the game and what it can do for me.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 17, 2026

In a fiscally unconstrained environment, city leaders lost the need and the motivation to fund ambitious public projects with private money.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

"It's so cold it feels like the city is actively trying to unalive my motivation… I'm not scared, I promise."

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

Wall Street analysts later explained that the real motivation was likely to protect the Treasury market, just as volatility was starting to tick higher.

From MarketWatch Aug. 6, 2026

I didn’t have motivation enough to have opinions, or energy enough to care.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

She looks at their emotions and motivations behind each movement.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

"Fiction isn't inventing new emotions in you. It's pressing on those pre-existing motivations like instincts."

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

To survive, they’ve had to connect with groups that have almost incomprehensibly different motivations.

From Slate Jul. 29, 2026

While many venture investors see the rise of young entrepreneurs as positive, some worry about the motivations of some founders during the AI gold rush.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 22, 2026

The bus was packed with a motley group of men and women who represented the spectrum of ages, neighborhoods, backstories, and motivations.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore




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