impetus
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Impetus for change has come from outsiders including Eric Slesinger, an engineer and former Central Intelligence Agency officer who also worked briefly at the CIA’s associated tech-investment operation, In-Q-Tel.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025
The scheme has been praised by campaigners including chefs Jamie Oliver and Tom Kerridge, but some organisations, such as Impetus, have said a universal approach could impact badly on the most deprived pupils.
From BBC • Jan. 9, 2024
Impetus for self-documenting temperatures came as part of the Amazon group’s push for higher pay.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 21, 2022
Impetus for reform came after the Institute for Justice and The New York Times uncovered unsettling comments made last fall.
From Forbes • Jul. 2, 2015
Impetus theory was used to handle some anomalies, not to bring about a revolution; indeed, medieval natural philosophers were incapable of imagining a revolution that would supplant Aristotle.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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