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“I think this crisis will engender some consolidation,” said Matt Harris, a New York-based partner at Bain Capital Ventures.

From Reuters • Jul. 29, 2020

It may be that the Singer case will engender not just new precautions against outright criminality but also a fresh look at some of the standard practices that Singer found ways to corrupt.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 20, 2019

Problems will continue to arise, which will engender increasing animosity and liability, ultimately resulting in divestment, forced data sharing, and stronger competition.

From Slate • Mar. 12, 2019

While this reaction is natural and protects us from our feelings of powerlessness and grief, it is not the response that will engender change. 

From Salon • Jun. 4, 2016

Likewise significant marks, useful to some houses, will engender innumerable frauds and repressions; that is all that can be expected of them.

From System of Economical Contradictions; or, the Philosophy of Misery by Proudhon, P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph)