- plural of incentive.
incentives
Example Sentences
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State governments have topped this with generous incentives of their own.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026
Amazon’s figure is before deducting proceeds from asset sales and incentives.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026
"There are also no penalties or incentives to drive compliance. Some public bodies told us this had added to uncertainty around the level of priority to attach to carbon reduction."
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
Those more attractive film and tax incentives typically include above-the-line costs like actors’ salaries and are often uncapped — California’s current program does not have these features.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026
But high-stakes testing has so radically changed the incentives for teachers that they too now have added reason to cheat.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
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