encourage
Example Sentences
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Obesity remains one of the most serious health challenges worldwide, and weight loss is often encouraged as a way to lower the risks tied to excess weight.
From Science Daily
“I would actually argue that awareness of this has encouraged people to defect and basically become more convinced that stocks can go to unlimited levels,” Green, the chief strategist at Simplify Asset Management, said.
The headmaster at the time noticed his natural talent and eventually encouraged him to devote more of his energy to developing that gift.
From BBC
Congress also passed the so-called Fiscal Innocence bill—an amnesty measure to encourage Argentines to put undeclared cash back into the bank without suffering penalties for tax evasion.
Claude and Gemini both included a disclaimer that they were responding in a roleplaying capacity and not actually offering investment advice, and encouraged doing independent research.
From MarketWatch
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