encourage

Example Sentences

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To encourage people to share their experiences, she launched the first South Asian Baby Loss Awareness Week last year, with talks from women, GPs and charities.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

On the labor market, he stressed reforms that would encourage Germans to work longer into their lives.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

The festival hopes to encourage artists and fans to turn to comedy, theater, creativity and community instead of despair.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

Surely, Jackson wrote, a state can direct doctors to discourage, and not encourage, smoking cigarettes.

From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026

My parents were far more offended by the word if it was uttered in English and not in our native Farsi, which they tried to encourage us to speak as much as possible.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi