Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Definitions

prompt

[prompt] / prɒmpt /






Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

It can push us toward panic selling, drive us to make wild assumptions about the world, and even prompt us to take a hard look at our own finances.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 2026

Analysts say this will prompt calls for closer examination of tech companies’ dealings with China.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026

Higher inflation or sustained economic growth could prompt another increase, particularly if prolonged low rates encourage excessive risk-taking, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

According to eMarketer estimates, slightly more than half of U.S. internet users prompt an AI tool for a response at least once a month.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026

I need this prompt to start my day.

From "Every Day" by David Levithan

A placard on the table offers prompts to start the conversation: “Tell us about a goodbye you’ll never forget.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026

Students were shown starter prompts tied to their specific class and assignment, offering guided help or study guides, practice quizzes and flashcards built from their course materials.

From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026

If that question prompts déjà vu, recall the High Court’s 2022 ruling in Carson v.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

Spotify, and its competitors like Apple Music and Amazon Music, are driving the trend in AI-assisted curation, allowing premium subscribers to automatically generate playlists through text prompts to fit a mood, vibe or occasion.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

I pressed zero and followed the prompts, first dialing Marcus’s number, then speaking my name into the receiver, and, finally, waiting.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson

It produced for one prompter a schematic of a jet engine.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

Those accounts accused Harris of making use of the prompter to answer questions from the audience, asked in English and Spanish, causing Univision producers to set the record straight late Thursday night.

From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2024

I'd like to see how she performs more off the cuff and without an ability to read from the prompter.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2024

In addition, actor Adam Huel Potter was guaranteed bit roles in Willis films and served as Willis’ prompter, providing the actor his lines through the ear piece.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 2022

I am not always before the lamps, the gout is a very poor prompter.

From For Sceptre and Crown, Vol. I (of II) A Romance of the Present Time by Johann Ferdinand Martin Oskar Meding

The Federal Reserve Board's first credit-easing step, in May 1953, "was the promptest response to an economic decline ever taken by a central bank in any country."

From Time Magazine Archive

Needed: "Additional and improved bombers, airborne alert, more missiles of existing types, speeded production of Polaris submarines, the promptest possible dispersal and hardening of bases, and a program for civil defense."

From Time Magazine Archive

The day Yastrzemski steps out, museum curators will mark him for promptest delivery.

From Time Magazine Archive

The humanity of the age is doubtless suited to its material wants, and such wants are those which demand the promptest remedy.

From The Bertrams by Anthony Trollope

In laying the matter before Prince Kung, Mr. Wade, the English minister, plainly implied that such was his opinion, and demanded from the Chinese government the promptest and most searching investigation.

From The Galaxy, Volume 23, No. 2, February, 1877 by Various

The diplomatic signals have prompted a sharp reassessment of the geopolitical risk premium in oil prices, according to UOB’s global economics and markets research team.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026

That prompted the exit of several advertisers, including Cash App, which wrote on X, “We do not condone violence of any kind, and we are no longer sponsors of this podcast.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026

This overlap has prompted researchers to investigate whether NBPs might provide benefits for the brain as well as the skeleton.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026

The volatility has prompted a major switch in market leadership from the cyclical to the defensive sectors resulting in a 15% outperformance of the latter over the last month alone.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 9, 2026

She and the twins had only learned how to swim at Abuelito’s insistence, which had been prompted by her father’s drowning.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez

Oil fell and Asian equities rose Tuesday after President Trump’s comments on the Iran war boosted optimism, prompting investors to shrug off last week’s market selloff and Nvidia’s suspected spy scandal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026

An estimated three million depositors remain unable to access their savings and pensions prompting widespread protests particularly in the capital, Asunción.

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026

Leonardo raised its annual order forecasts once again as its core defense business continues to benefit from elevated geopolitical tensions that are prompting governments to invest in security.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

Snap posted revenue of $1.72 billion, below analyst estimates of $1.73 billion, prompting a double-digit slide in the share price.

From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026

This time, at his prompting, I stood inside.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell


Vocabulary lists containing prompt

Random Word

Spin the wheel and learn a new word!

Get a word

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Join 14,000,000 vocabulary learners

Start learning new words today on VocabTrainer.
You'll remember them forever.

Start training