motivate
Example Sentences
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The motivating idea was to put the building “in dialogue with Harlem”—its history, its culture, and above all its vibrant urban life.
Bonus payments aim to motivate hard workers and inspire them to go the extra mile.
In the past, company share prices typically responded very positively to announcements regarding job layoffs if they were motivated by productivity gains or cost savings.
From MarketWatch
The study suggests this climate pattern may have helped motivate people to travel step by step farther east, including to islands such as the Cooks and Tahiti.
From Science Daily
“It would appear that this was motivated by Islamic State ideology,” Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Tuesday.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
