incentivize

I’m kidding: Even under normal circumstances, giving private companies this much power is likely to incentivize inventing enemies to fight or drive unnecessary spending.

From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026

The measure could incentivize lawmakers to save more money because funds tucked away in the rainy day fund would no longer be considered expenditures counted toward the spending limit.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026

Education Department officials framed the new policy as a way to incentivize and reward borrowers who make regular on-time payments and to improve the overall health of the student-loan portfolio.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026

The idea of guaranteeing future demand to incentivize innovation was borrowed from vaccine development.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026

Indeed, the Iran war was a catalyst for the U.S. government to boost missile orders and incentivize higher production.

From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026

Weary of venomous snake bites, British authorities put a bounty on dead cobras — but this only incentivized locals to breed more of the snakes, in order to collect even more reward money.

From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026

For investors, that means that Tesla owners with AI3 hardware might be incentivized to buy FSD subscriptions for $99 a month.

From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026

Under normal circumstances, Cerity Partners chief market strategist Jim Lebenthal explained, IPO underwriters are incentivized to reward their most important institutional customers with allocations.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 5, 2026

By waiting until after June 1, the Eagles will save millions this year, which means that even if they had a trade in place they were strongly incentivized to wait patiently.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026

The tax credits also featured heavily in the broader TV segment, as 33.7% of the shoot days came from incentivized projects, including Fox’s reboot of “Baywatch” and ABC”s “The Rookie.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2026

However, incentivizing buying used EVs doesn’t result in new production, he noted: “That’s just a change of hands.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026

Under the ETS, greenhouse gas-emitting companies like power plants must pay for a permit, or allowance, for each metric ton they emit, essentially incentivizing them to invest in cleaner tech.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

But it isn’t clear that six-month reporting would “move the needle significantly in terms of incentivizing managers to think more long term,” according to Srini Krishnamurthy, an associate professor of finance at N.C.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 27, 2026

By doing these things you are incentivizing him to behave more badly in the future.

From Slate ● Apr. 15, 2026

Policymakers could link loan payments to a school to their students’ earnings, thus incentivizing colleges to provide an education that leads to high-paying jobs.

From Barron's ● Feb. 10, 2026