discourage
Example Sentences
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Market reaction: Treasury yields rose after the employment report on the assumption a stronger labor market could discourage the Fed from cutting interest rates.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026
The notion is expressed in the survey results, which found wide variation in how faculty members mention AI use in syllabuses or whether they encourage or discourage AI in classes.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026
Surely, Jackson wrote, a state can direct doctors to discourage, and not encourage, smoking cigarettes.
From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026
But with the right tools, we can coax it to open just enough to align incentives, discourage harm and reward truth.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
They surrounded the cages with electrified wire, powered by a battery, to discourage leopards from trying to eat the monkeys.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
