discourage

For example, eliminating the tax cap could increase marginal tax rates on labor income in high-tax states, including New York, California and Oregon, which could discourage workers from earning more.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026

As the algae decay, they can damage marine environments, threaten human and animal health, discourage tourism, and create financial losses for coastal communities.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 3, 2026

Business leaders worry such measures will discourage foreign investment and blow an even bigger hole in the country’s public finances.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026

In the straw poll, each council member was required anonymously assign each candidate one of three labels: "encourage," "discourage," or "no opinion."

From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026

And she never lets our apathy discourage her.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson

But the company discourages other AI developers from using Claude to accelerate their own high-end AI development.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026

The Dare Market app allows people to challenge one another to complete dares for prizes or money, but discourages users from breaking any laws, Rose-Perfito said.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2026

Taxing buildings and land together at the same rate discourages precisely the activity cities most need, namely new construction and redevelopment.

From Barron's ● Apr. 17, 2026

However, colonoscopies -- the primary screening method used today -- can be costly and uncomfortable, which discourages many people from getting tested on time.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 9, 2026

The prospect of fording this /aife-colored torrent discourages most people from traveling any farther.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

New graduates lament that while their college professors discouraged the use of AI tools, hiring managers applaud it.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026

The state also alleges Amazon discouraged unionization by terminating or threatening to terminate delivery contractors whose workers attempted to organize and restricted competition among contractors through policies that prevented them from recruiting each other’s drivers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

With unemployment above 33 percent -- and far higher when discouraged job seekers are included -- labour unions and researchers argue there is no shortage of South Africans willing to work.

From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026

The commission is not discouraged by any of this data.

From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026

Where he was, primarily, was flat broke again and more than a little discouraged.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

That could undermine the vaccine’s financial viability, a de facto way of discouraging Moderna from continuing to market it.

From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026

Egypt's leaders have struck a cautious note since, warning against any "escalation" in the conflict and discouraging "speculation" while keeping a tight grip on the media narrative.

From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026

“Those are some of the things that lets some of the air out of the balloon by discouraging borrowing and crimping consumption and investment.”

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026

The discovery may be discouraging for agencies that have spent decades trying to contain Guam's brown tree snake population.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026

Larsen, whom Bobby described as “sulky and unhelpful,” kept discouraging him, telling him that he shouldn’t expect to place higher than the bottom rank of those competing.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady