Example Sentences

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The uncertainty is discouraging companies from launching new trials.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026

A former Team GB roller derby skater says the cost of sports bras is discouraging younger females taking part in physical activity.

From BBC • Nov. 17, 2025

In person, however, Whole Foods is discouraging its employees from unionizing.

From Salon • Nov. 26, 2024

Recent action is discouraging in that regard, he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2024

It is discouraging to have had the wrong aunts, and never the ghost of a message.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas