incentive

Example Sentences

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

From BBC • Apr. 7, 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

The price gap between the public Blue Owl BDC funds and private Blue Owl funds creates incentive for investors swap out of the private funds into the public ones.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Alisha Holland, a Princeton student during that time and now a Harvard government professor who helped craft the grade-cap policy, said there was still incentive at Princeton for collaboration and competition remained healthy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

“It’s not a reward for playing. Well, it is that, but it’s more an incentive for you to keep practicing, keep getting better. It’s for the sake of the music.”

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss