prompted
Example Sentences
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In 2019, poor sales and accounting errors prompted the company to write down the value of its assets by $17 billion.
As the full-time whistle went at Anfield, a goalless draw against Leeds United prompted some boos from sections of the home support.
From BBC
In fact, the song’s ubiquity in Vietnam – playing in retail establishments, on news broadcasts and as the only English-language song on Tết playlists – is what prompted Đỗ to delve deeper into the song’s unusual popularity.
From Salon
The drills, however, prompted statements of concern about heightened tensions from U.S. lawmakers, and from around the world, including the European Union, the U.K.,
She said she had "sort of forgotten" what had happened to her, but that the courage of the Hunt family had prompted her to speak about her experience.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
