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These discouraging numbers have led many businesses to focus on improving their products and services, thus doing their best to retain a loyal customer.

Press are also discouraged from asking and shouting out questions at the Royals during press calls.

Jackson says that at first, her parents thought it was strange and discouraged her from getting into Korean pop stars.

Perhaps even the indefatigable John Kerry might be discouraged from more futile and dispiriting peace talks.

Its contracted readership has not discouraged a larger group, maybe more than ever before, from writing it.

Ivory purchases are officially discouraged by the Chinese government.

He believed in the value of viva voce discussion, and discouraged all unnecessary inter-departmental correspondence.

My brother recovered his old spirit and refused to be discouraged by my pessimistic view of his expedition.

On the very summit of one of these is perched a ruined castle, whose inaccessible position discouraged nearer acquaintance.

But I reckon the smuggling of Chinks into this section has been pretty well discouraged.

The colony of Virginia discouraged with their losses and various misfortunes embarked for England.