impetus

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In her interview with the political podcast “The Great Battlefield,” she recounted that the writers’ strike was the impetus for Findraiser and said Swalwell came up with the name.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

Instead, “Undertone” is like getting to the climactic moment of your favorite horror podcast, only to have the terrifying impetus interrupted by a Squarespace ad.

From Salon • Mar. 15, 2026

Exporters should expand their business again this year, but not provide much impetus to the economy, the Kiel Institute said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

"But the impetus for its creation was a desire to instill fiscal discipline, and that is something we wholeheartedly endorse."

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026

But the medieval theory of impetus produced no such transition.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton