Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
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The question going forward is whether the World Cup will spur more interest in soccer in the U.S.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
A re-opened Strait of Hormuz, meanwhile, will unlock bottled-up energy flows that will spur global growth, and ease inflation pressures, over the coming months.
From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026
He wrote that agentic artificial intelligence will spur even greater demand for CPUs.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 20, 2026
OTTAWA-Canada is ditching its electric-vehicle sales mandate and replacing it with more stringent tailpipe-emissions standards for automobiles that officials project will spur carbon reduction equal to 75% EV sales by 2035.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026
Schools of salesmanship are using very extensively the psychology of business and are giving all sorts of illustrations which will spur men to greater efficiency.
From Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden
