encourage

Example Sentences

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On the labor market, he stressed reforms that would encourage Germans to work longer into their lives.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

The notion is expressed in the survey results, which found wide variation in how faculty members mention AI use in syllabuses or whether they encourage or discourage AI in classes.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

"And cancer is potentially exploiting that same principle, changing where in the genome these dynamics are more important to manipulate cell identity and encourage uncontrolled growth."

From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 2026

Surely, Jackson wrote, a state can direct doctors to discourage, and not encourage, smoking cigarettes.

From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026

“That you encourage him, and ride out with him, and that he dines with you this very day?”

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens