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reward

[ri-wawrd] / rɪˈwɔrd /




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We want to reward innovation, but we also need the price we pay for drugs to be tied to their value.

From MarketWatch Aug. 13, 2026

The central question is whether a reward is “economically or functionally equivalent” to interest on a bank deposit, a test the bill never defines.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

Weary of venomous snake bites, British authorities put a bounty on dead cobras — but this only incentivized locals to breed more of the snakes, in order to collect even more reward money.

From Salon Aug. 12, 2026

These brain areas are associated with higher-level cognitive processing and reward, respectively.

From Science Daily Aug. 11, 2026

To sweeten the deal, Zimmermann promised that Mexico would get Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico as a reward.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

She rewards fans with a few of Glinda's signature hair tosses, external and, more importantly, a two-hour show that highlights the incredible agility of the star's voice.

From BBC Aug. 16, 2026

Key research has recently shown the lateral septum also contains place cells, but these cells strongly respond to rewards.

From Science Daily Aug. 12, 2026

It isn’t only functionally efficient but morally proper that rewards for talent, hard work, risk-taking and luck are distributed proportionately to those who possess them.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

Still, in this bottom-line business, are the financial rewards keeping pace with the hunger for celebrity docs?

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 10, 2026

You never know what rewards may come of it.”

From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai

In a world free of geopolitics, "the Manus story would be a simple story of an incredible AI startup getting rewarded with a big exit", Kyle Chan from the Brookings Institution told AFP.

From Barron's Aug. 11, 2026

Devour some books … and pizza: Pizza Hut’s Book It! program, which rewarded children for reading with personal pan pizzas, is part of the lore of countless childhood readers turned adults.

From Slate Aug. 10, 2026

They rewarded him by valuing Tesla not as a carmaker, but rather as a robotics company, even as he trails Alphabet’s Waymo with developing a robotaxi fleet.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 9, 2026

Reports resulting in successful prosecutions would be rewarded with a share of any fines generated.

From BBC Aug. 5, 2026

But when you did, you were rewarded with a blast of cold dank air.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

But creating an objective, fact-based way of measuring this and using it to establish appropriate drug pricing is our best chance to ensure we keep rewarding innovation while making healthcare accessible and affordable to everyone.

From MarketWatch Aug. 13, 2026

Moving the rock through finer and finer grits is time-consuming, strenuous and not always rewarding.

From Salon Aug. 6, 2026

Many of the participants said creativity helped with their mental health and wellbeing while others said it felt "rewarding" to produce artwork.

From BBC Aug. 4, 2026

“I feel like that’s so much more rewarding than just walking into a Trader Joe’s or Whole Foods.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 2, 2026

Berlioz never flinched from reminding whoever would listen of his great troubles and adversities, nor from absorbing those torments in his music, much of which is richly rewarding to listen to.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall




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