prompted
Example Sentences
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The UK is to increase testing for so-called "forever chemicals" as part of a national plan to tackle the substances, which have prompted environmental and health concerns.
From BBC
I experienced a secondhand childhood shiver of being prompted to write a thank-you note.
From Los Angeles Times
“A stronger euro, possibly prompted by a more accommodative U.S. monetary policy than expected and associated dollar depreciation, could add to the effects from tariffs and bring inflation down further than expected,” officials concluded.
The yen weakened to nearly 160 against the dollar in January, a threshold that prompted speculation of government intervention, weighed down by concerns about ramped-up government spending.
The outages knocked out water supplies to Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, and prompted a rare shutdown of the city's metro network, paralysing transport for thousands of residents.
From Barron's
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