discourage

Westminster Council's draft policy, which is currently in the consultation stage, says pubs should "discourage excessive drunkenness".

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026

As the algae decay, they can damage marine environments, threaten human and animal health, discourage tourism, and create financial losses for coastal communities.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 3, 2026

Business leaders worry such measures will discourage foreign investment and blow an even bigger hole in the country’s public finances.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026

In the straw poll, each council member was required anonymously assign each candidate one of three labels: "encourage," "discourage," or "no opinion."

From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026

The warehouse was in a newly built industrial section of Compton, far enough from coffee shops and hot dog stands to discourage most of us from going out to eat.

From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler

Anthropic discourages other AI developers from using its tools to accelerate AI development, prohibiting competing products via its terms of service.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026

The Dare Market app allows people to challenge one another to complete dares for prizes or money, but discourages users from breaking any laws, Rose-Perfito said.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2026

McReynolds said allowing taxis into bus lanes "slows buses, discourages public transport use and undermines sustainable transport options".

From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2026

Taxing buildings and land together at the same rate discourages precisely the activity cities most need, namely new construction and redevelopment.

From Barron's ● Apr. 17, 2026

Any system that constricts teachers—holds them to small-bore metrics, punishes them for forces outside their control, discourages their creativity and spontaneity, chips away at their humanity—is a bad system.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove

But the head of the dig discouraged him from learning this "very difficult" script, which borrowed its cuneiform alphabet from Assyrian.

From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026

New graduates lament that while their college professors discouraged the use of AI tools, hiring managers applaud it.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026

One reason is the patient out-of-pocket cap encouraged higher utilization of medicines like GLP-1s and may have also discouraged use of lower-cost biosimilars and generics.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

When I purchased a copy of Evie’s print magazine in May, I was alarmed at how the magazine not only promoted radical skinniness but also discouraged women from healthy habits like exercise.

From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026

Styx stayed chill, but underneath it he must’ve been a little discouraged.

From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon

That could undermine the vaccine’s financial viability, a de facto way of discouraging Moderna from continuing to market it.

From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026

In the U.S., regulation can protect incumbents while discouraging entrepreneurs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026

The discovery may be discouraging for agencies that have spent decades trying to contain Guam's brown tree snake population.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026

Economists have traditionally believed that monetary policy influences the business cycle primarily by encouraging or discouraging investment.

From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026

Furthermore, it was discouraging to feed that body of mine.

From "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George