motivate
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Garfield, a pediatrician at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, said his experiences with families in the neonatal intensive care unit helped motivate the research.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026
Outside a grocery store, 60-year-old nurse Aila Heilima said she hoped the investment would "motivate young people to stay" in Muhos for work, instead of moving to bigger towns in search of job opportunities.
From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026
When asked what would motivate her to get out and vote this November, she contemplated what to say.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
But the ideas that motivate the new coalition repel parts of the old one.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
This would guarantee sales for the drug companies and motivate them to produce the drugs at cheap prices.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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The good ones are attuned to what motivates people on their teams and who works well with whom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
She says it is terrifying how often these attacks are happening to women, but is deeply sceptical of what the anti-immigration groups say motivates them to take to the streets.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
This link between thinking and doing serves a clear function – it motivates us to get the necessities for life.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026
“Princess Mononoke” proves that sometimes losing too much motivates us to help nature to regain some ground.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
Yegey in the Hall of the Thirty-Three today: “I unalterably oppose this blockade of grain-exports to Karhide, and the spirit of competition that motivates it.”
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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In court, prosecutors argued that he was radicalized online and motivated by an ideology that called for “jihad duty.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026
He has denied the claims and believes the attacks on his work are racially motivated, although the scandal led to him being dropped from France's top literary prize.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
Donors engaging with the government are motivated by a desire to help children get a head start on their financial future, the official said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
Young people are motivated most to cast a ballot in order to take action on issues they care about.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026
Would-be inventors, motivated by the prospect of money or fame, perceive the need and try to meet it.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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“If your focus is on the thing you want, then it’s more benign and more motivating if you recognize that,” Kim says.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
We don’t know what was motivating the solo juror who wanted to send Clancy to jail rather than to a psychiatric hospital.
From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2026
"He's got an ageing parent with a cancer diagnosis. The deepest human dynamic is attachment and connection and if that's what's motivating this I'm not in the least surprised."
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Koch, Inc. encourages this by motivating employees through incentives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Writing empowered European societies by facilitating political administration and economic exchanges, motivating and guiding exploration and conquest, and making available a range of information and human experience extending into remote places and times.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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