incentive
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This takes away the incentive for landlords to hire a broker, because then they would be required to pay the fee.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
It also creates an incentive for countries to comply with trade pacts that they earlier struck, she added.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
For the TV category, roughly 28% of the 1,607 shoot days last quarter were for projects that benefited from the tax incentive, particularly for dramas and comedies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
"If you don't give smaller countries a chance to participate, they'll lack the incentive to keep improving," he said.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
He had already attained Incentive Level A, the highest incentive level a young inmate could achieve, and he was housed among other low-risk youths in a hall where the atmosphere was generally relaxed.
From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater
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She said she acted with board approval and spent school money on kids and for staff development and incentives to retain valued personnel in a challenging inner-city environment.
From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026
“While there is still much work to do, FilmLA’s quarterly report is proof that incentives are working: local incentivized productions are on the rise,” said L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
About 15 years ago, the FDA briefly granted the peptide an orphan-drug designation, which provides incentives to a developer to work on therapies for diseases that affect fewer than 200,000 people in the U.S.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
Food companies have incentives to ensure the safety of their operations and supply chains.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
That’s $10,000 going into her pocket that does not go into yours, a nifty profit produced by the abuse of information and a keen understanding of incentives.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
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