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

That staggering growth served as the impetus behind a full-year guidance raise, with IonQ targeting between $260 million and $270 million in revenue in 2026, up from prior calls for $235 million.

From Barron's • May 6, 2026

The impetus was the publication of a highly sensationalized book, The Hydrogen Bomb: The Men, The Menace, The Mechanism, by journalists James Shepley and Clay Blair Jr., which accepted Teller’s version of events as gospel.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik