incentive

Example Sentences

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So, the PBMs had every financial incentive to keep selling Humira rather than provide patients with a much less expensive biosimilar version of the medicine.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026

"It's a pretty big incentive for us to run it," Potter says.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

Providers, whose asset-management fees range from around 0.1% to 1%, depending on the size of the DAF, also have little incentive to encourage giving, critics say.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

“In an environment where you’re fighting for a promotion … It’s just a further incentive to agents to engage in this kind of activity. So it’s pernicious on multiple levels.”

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

He hated running, but the applause was intoxicating, and the prospect of more was just enough incentive to keep him marginally compliant.

From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand