encourage
Example Sentences
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Davies said the purpose was not to raise revenue but rather "to encourage people into the town - tourists especially - so that they know there will be a parking space for them".
From BBC • May 18, 2026
Those high profits encourage CEOs to expand supply.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026
Organised by the employers organisation Gronlands Erhverv, the Future Greenland event will bring together investors, political and business leaders to try to encourage investment there.
From Barron's • May 17, 2026
Magkos and Stefan say the evidence should encourage people with overweight or obesity not to abandon efforts to lose weight simply because maintaining weight loss can be difficult.
From Science Daily • May 17, 2026
He tried to think of his father, his grandfather, his mother, of how they would call out, encourage him, love him, but they would not be summoned up.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
Vocabulary lists containing encourage
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