Example Sentences

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As Stockton points out, some people who engage in body-shaming mistakenly believe they are motivating others to become healthier, despite research showing that most often isn’t the case and can in fact do the opposite.

From Salon • Mar. 30, 2024

Executives said in their earnings calls that the lucrative subsidies in the Inflation Reduction Act, the historic climate legislation signed into law last year, are motivating them to make big investments in lower-carbon energy.

From Washington Post • Feb. 7, 2023

Other factors are motivating concerns about a potential sales slowdown.

From Reuters • Jul. 26, 2022

The chaos, uncertainties and unknowns that parents, students and educators endured in Seattle the past school year are motivating candidates running for a seat on the board that governs Washington’s largest school district.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 19, 2021

They alike are motivating forces, the positive values attracting us, the negative values repelling us.

From Social Value A Study in Economic Theory Critical and Constructive by Anderson, Benjamin M. (Benjamin McAlester)