encouraging

Example Sentences

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“We are curing obesity by encouraging frailty,” said Daniel Green, principal research fellow at the University of Western Australia, who contributed to the analysis.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

Wisløff and Tari are now encouraging Norwegian health authorities to revise the country's official exercise recommendations, arguing that exercise intensity should receive greater emphasis.

From Science Daily • May 16, 2026

After an encouraging start to the year, recent indicators "point to a significant setback in the second quarter", the economy ministry warned Friday.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

For them, Kobliner’s message remains the same as it was in 1996: encouraging them to save in IRAs or other available retirement vehicles.

From MarketWatch • May 14, 2026

The passage of Prohibition had only compounded the territory’s feeling of lawlessness by encouraging organized crime and creating, in the words of one historian, “the greatest criminal bonanza in American history.”

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann