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motive

[moh-tiv] / ˈmoʊ tɪv /


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S&P Global said Wednesday it reached an agreement with a group led by majority investor Motive Partners to acquire With Intelligence.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 15, 2025

One surprise win was The Motive And The Cue star Mark Gatiss, who won best actor in a play.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2024

One of them was Gielgud, who performed the role in the 1930s in the same West End theater where “The Motive and the Cue” is running until March 23.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 21, 2024

The other nominees include Sam Mendes for “The Motive and the Cue,” which debuted last spring at the National Theater.

From New York Times • Mar. 12, 2024

I cannot abide how little we know other men’s Motive Parts, I speculate might there be a Manner in which we might map the Springs of the Brain & its Excitations?

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson




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