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encouragement

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


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After some encouragement, it gets going and they drive out of what looks like a storage unit.

From BBC Sep. 7, 2026

It adopts a helpful no-punishment philosophy: If you don’t meet your goals or you step away from the app for an extended amount of time, it only sends encouragement.

From Slate Sep. 6, 2026

I hope that anyone reading the book feels the same encouragement to follow their inner muse.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

Considered alongside its stars’ tragically brief lives, “Ice Princess” conveys the critical need to give teenagers both stalwart encouragement and the tools to speak up when they need help.

From Salon Aug. 18, 2026

They exchanged letters for years, each offering the other support and encouragement.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

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

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

The chat and commenters on Twitter were screaming encouragements, hyped as all hell to have the privilege of watching Malenia fall for the 1,000th time.

From The Verge May 11, 2022

As rescue workers jockeyed to save the boy, throngs of people looking on at the site recited prayers and shouted encouragements to the rescue team.

From New York Times Feb. 4, 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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