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encouragement

[en-kur-ij-muhnt, -kuhr-] / ɛnˈkɜr ɪdʒ mənt, -ˈkʌr- /


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American drone-tech startups like HavocAI are swarming into Taiwan and—with the encouragement of U.S. government matchmakers—finding partners who can help them turn blueprints into reality.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

Moura says the findings could still offer encouragement to people who have recently started exercising but have not yet noticed changes on the scale.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

“So that gives us great encouragement and being long-term in an environment like this is really hard because of the fast movements and the 24-hour news flow and just so much speed.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026

"But by far, the loudest feedback we heard was from people who were enthusiastic supporters of the category, fellow music creators expressing their encouragement for keeping it."

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

“Do it anyway,” he said simply, but not with the kind of encouragement in his voice that I needed.

From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English

I wonder how well and efficiently he would have written it with frequent and intermittent shouts being thrown his way, regardless of whether they were insults or encouragements.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2025

Yet tucked among the encouragements to get “hipped to oneness” and “train the other sight” is the dark glimmer of where the cult-religion line blurs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2025

A group of men were using their bare hands to try and free her as an anxious crowd stood outside, calling out encouragements to the rescuers.

From Reuters ● Nov. 7, 2023

They grunted and hooted un-self-consciously, razzing one another and shouting encouragements, using nicknames generated by the group.

From New York Times ● Sep. 24, 2022

If I had not promoted Mr. Weston’s visits here, and given many little encouragements, and smoothed many little matters, it might not have come to any thing after all.

From "Emma" by Jane Austen


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