induce
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Chatbots can't create "emotional reliance or addiction" or induce people to make "unreasonable decisions".
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
Section 301 allows a president to tariff as a targeted economic diplomacy measure to induce a foreign government to abandon a particular practice.
From Slate ● Aug. 27, 2026
"This promotes production of the metabolite N1-acetylspermidine, which contributes to the ability of butyrate-treated IEC-conditioned medium to induce IL-10 production in CD4⁺ T-cells."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026
“Even a slightly weaker U.S. dollar over the past year, which provides more purchasing power for foreigners, did not induce more activity,” Lawrence Yun, chief economist at NAR, said in a statement.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
“But you are not entitled to know mine; nor will such behaviour as this, ever induce me to be explicit.”
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
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The time we spend dealing with these automated interfaces isn’t only time away from real living, but it induces feelings of helplessness, frustration, and occasionally rage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
And while much of the movie induces sidesplitting guffaws, Tremaine said that producer and co-creator Spike Jonze was eager to highlight the sensitive beats shared between the cast.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
It is used in combination with a second drug misoprostol, which induces cramping.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026
"A provider induces infringement if it actively encourages infringement through specific acts," it said.
From Barron's ● Mar. 25, 2026
“The transmitter and the liquid that induces the simulation. The transmitter communicates information to the brain from the computer, and vice versa, and the liquid alters the brain to put it in a simulation state.”
From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth
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To open the fifth, he induced Salas to hit the ball on the ground, but it got away from second baseman Tommy Edman as he dove up the middle, for a single.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
The team then induced permanent strokes in mice.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
As Mr. Riley explains in a footnote, “this disclosure notified the terrorists that their communications were not secure and thus induced them to change methods.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
“By no act, or direction of mine, official or private, could I be induced to aid, knowingly, in giving circulation to papers of this description, directly or indirectly,” he explained.
From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026
She even induced Winston to mortgage yet another of his evenings by enrolling himself for the part-time munition work which was done voluntarily by zealous Party members.
From "1984" by George Orwell
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“These episodes ended with an eventual reversal in investment, inducing economy-wide recessions,” the BIS said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
But Sasaki bounced back by inducing a double play.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2026
This separation is a phase change that consumes energy, inducing a cooling effect, like when steam evaporates off a cup of hot water.
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026
It signals to every counterparty transacting with a designated party that it could be next, inducing it to sever its ties to Iranian-linked finance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
In the absence of key nutrients, a severe chemical imbalance develops in the brain, inducing convulsions and hallucinations.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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