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motivates

  • present tense form
    of motivate (3rd person singular).
    motivate
    verb (used with object)
    to provide with a motive, or a cause or reason to act; incite; impel.

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That is what motivates Jake Smith to keep sharing his recovery on social media, with hundreds of men and women messaging him for advice and support.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

This link between thinking and doing serves a clear function – it motivates us to get the necessities for life.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026

“Princess Mononoke” proves that sometimes losing too much motivates us to help nature to regain some ground.

From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026

However perverse and depraved the ideas that animate the Islamic Republic and Hezbollah, they inspire the kind of conviction that motivates people to fight grimly on against the odds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026

“You have to think of who your character is, who her friends are, if she has a good relationship with her parents or not, what motivates her,” she says.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove