impetus
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And the decision to send out Hull and Woad first in both the morning foursomes and the afternoon fourballs failed to deliver the impetus Europe's captain Nordqvist would have hoped for.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Khanal said the disaster underlined the "impetus and urgency" needed to build data-sharing mechanisms to help warn of future disasters, noting that neighbouring China had shared key data after the flood.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
The dollar was steady, awaiting new impetus from Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh’s keynote speech at Jackson Hole later Friday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
The Liuzzo family was harassed for their mother’s activism even after her death, but the event galvanized activists all over the country, becoming one impetus for Congress to finally pass the landmark 1965 legislation.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
We begin to forget, as we go stolidly balancing along, that there could have been a time when we were young bodies flaming with the impetus of life.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
One of the big impetuses for this is I felt like the kids are the experts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2024
He starts with the idea that religious faith has common impetuses — a plea for mercy, a call to praise, a desire for salvation — that have found expression in various musical traditions across centuries.
From New York Times ● Nov. 4, 2022
“If the desire to repair self-worth is one of the impetuses for status consumption, then providing individuals alternate means to restore their self-worth should alleviate this need,” the researchers concluded.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 18, 2019
Now this “half a kid” has a kid, and has said one of the impetuses for “Can’t Stop” was to write music his son could listen to.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 29, 2016
The result is output far exceeding what is usually possible under Traditional Management, because drawbacks are removed and impetuses added.
From The Psychology of Management The Function of the Mind in Determining, Teaching and Installing Methods of Least Waste by Lillian Moller Gilbreth
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