incentive
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Algorithms, after all, give these priests an incentive to be flashy and address controversies.
From Slate • Jun. 8, 2026
As if the incentive of winning football's top prize wasn't enough, players are also offered financial bonuses by their national associations.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
Many have incentive structures heavily skewed toward these overwhelmingly dominant founders and executives.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
At the same time, the current backwardation in the gas market—when front-month prices trade above winter contracts—is providing little economic incentive for traders and utilities to inject additional gas into storage ahead of winter.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
Hence there was little demand for the disk maker’s beautiful product, and little incentive to invest in making the dozens of hand punches required.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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