encouraged

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Rayner called on her own government to raise care workers' wages and not to tie visas for care workers to specific employers, which she said encouraged exploitation.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Cary, 45, started to use LLMs at her workplace because doing so was heavily encouraged; a year or two later, she found herself struggling to write a remembrance of her father for his memorial service.

From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026

At an arts and parks subcommittee meeting Tuesday morning, some members of the public urged Jurado to act and introduce the ordinance for a vote, while others encouraged her to drop it.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Originally proposed by Beardsley Ruml, an executive at Macy’s department store who encouraged shoppers to buy on the installment plan, withholding was cleverly called “pay as you go.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

No one has ever encouraged me to push myself like this, to reach for more.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray