impetus
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In the past, I have assumed that letting people know what I do would be an impetus for them to reach out to me if they ever have a financial need or question.
From MarketWatch • May 29, 2026
Zvezda Stankova, a teaching professor in the Berkeley mathematics department who is one of the letter’s lead organizers, said the impetus to publicly speak out came in part from her own classrooms.
From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026
That friction provided the impetus for Peter Shaffer’s Tony award-winning play “Amadeus,” which became a hit movie directed by Milos Forman in 1984.
From Salon • May 16, 2026
A determination to get to the Red Planet “provides the impetus to really create next-level technologies, which is why we’re contemplating nuclear propulsion, because you need that to close those distances.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
Everyone flees before it; everyone yields to its impetus, unable to oppose it in any way.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
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