motive

His motive remains unknown and authorities will not speculate while the investigation is ongoing.

From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2026

He wants to use Seyfried’s experience in playing a character to further investigate motive, reason, identity and truth.

From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026

A motive in the killing has not been made public.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

The retired teacher previously denied his candidacy had an ulterior motive.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

No matter what the motive, Sky Witness’s plan to dismantle Mutal was brilliant—in the short run, anyway.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

Fielder objects, arguing that payment could cast doubt on the couple’s motives and suggest they had influence over the finished film.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026

Lecornu said these groups included young adults and minors, some already known to police, who had no political motives and coordinated through social media.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

Scam calls are a form of social engineering and rely on building trust and persuading you to engage before you have time to question their identity or motives.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

But he exited the project early due to creative differences, leaving “It: Welcome to Derry” showrunner Brad Caleb Kane to expand the legend of a woman whose motives were fairly basic.

From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2026

At one point Perot, believing his motives had been misinterpreted and hoping to convince people that improving education in Texas was not a mortal sin, contemplated coming to Odessa to speak.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger

He called the “cottage industry” of allegations and conspiracy theories a “grim cyclorama of deceit and sensation” and said those promoting such tales were motived by money.

From New York Times ● Feb. 17, 2023

The indictment does not say that his expulsion motived his alleged misconduct.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 6, 2022

“I think that’s why I have useful expertise in trying to solve problems, and am motived to work hard with other stakeholders on consensus solutions.”

From Washington Post ● Oct. 23, 2017

Here are 21 inspiring quotes that will get you hyped up and keep you motived as an entrepreneur.

From Time ● Aug. 18, 2015

And his own presence on the scene was so strangely motived that it was left for me to marvel alone at this young man, a completely chance-comer, having brought it about on that night.”

From Chance A Tale in Two Parts by Joseph Conrad

And through all the talk, through the busy routine of the place, in the men and women working in the hospital, there emerged always that something unseen,—Idea, Will, Spirit, the motiving force of the whole.

From Together by Robert Herrick

Her conception of a play of passion forbids motiving of character, or integration of the development of character with action.

From Tragedy by Ashley H. Thorndike

But your Lamia has taught you some subtle 'viperine' reasoning and motiving, for the turning down one street instead of another.

From The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846 by Robert Browning