impetus

Presidents and prime ministers normally attend these conferences at the start to provide impetus.

That gave more impetus to the likelihood of a Bank rate cut.

A big personality with fresh impetus will now take her place in the arguments ahead.

In the last few weeks, the city installed six deep wells near the coastline to pump out groundwater — the impetus for landslide movement.

He said the report "must be seen as an impetus for urgent action".