discouragement
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While ChatGPT occasionally offered discouragement, only the chatbots from Snap and Anthropic reliably refused these requests, according to the researchers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 2026
The moments of discouragement are so heavy in this industry.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2025
I want to address the discouragement and fear that many who care about democracy and peace and human rights are feeling in America and around the world right now.
From Salon ● Feb. 6, 2025
They got 40 before discouragement, exhaustion, and, eventually, a torrential downpour forced the group to disband.
From Slate ● Oct. 30, 2024
“No,” she said with discouragement, “something turned them away, but I’m afraid it wasn’t my spell.”
From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander
We shouldn't let our current discouragements lead us to think that progress doesn't exist or that it's not possible.
From Salon ● Apr. 18, 2022
May, who has written before on how to deal with anxiety and about her own experience as someone with Asperger’s syndrome, is an astute observer of life’s emotional discouragements.
From New York Times ● Dec. 22, 2020
A player who understands the disappointments and discouragements that not just Capitals fans, but a generation of Washington fans carry deep in their hearts.
From Washington Times ● May 6, 2018
This comes on top of other discouragements to growth.
From Economist ● Mar. 1, 2018
Nevertheless it must be admitted that his character as a scientific worker under great discouragements was nothing less than heroic.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various
