induce
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"The strain-dependent nature suggests that we may be able to use lattice strain as a tuning knob to induce or control altermagnetism," Zhang said.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026
Section 301 allows a president to tariff as a targeted economic diplomacy measure to induce a foreign government to abandon a particular practice.
From Slate ● Aug. 27, 2026
Delmer’s mission was to undermine enemy morale and induce uncertainty among Nazi leadership while ensuring his messages didn’t betray their true source.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Though he knows both Ellis’ and Murphy’s work tends to induce “strong reactions,” he also hopes people will see beyond the “movie poster exterior.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
Fear, he realizes, helps to keep him awake, so he decides to induce it.
From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario
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"Mechanistically, we found that butyrate acts on IECs and induces sustained transcriptional and epigenetic activation of Sat1, an acetylpolyamine biosynthetic enzyme," Yu said.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026
And while much of the movie induces sidesplitting guffaws, Tremaine said that producer and co-creator Spike Jonze was eager to highlight the sensitive beats shared between the cast.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
Tesshi Nakagawa’s scenic design is like a toy kingdom that induces the audience into a state of make-believe.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026
"A provider induces infringement if it actively encourages infringement through specific acts," it said.
From Barron's ● Mar. 25, 2026
It induces a kind of psychological claustrophobia that makes one yearn not only for freedom of movement but spiritual escape.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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The author has related critiques for advocates of the raw-food movement, who maintain that the chemical transformations induced by cooking destroy vital nutrients.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Ohtani looked close to his normal self, even exchanging a few “gotcha” laughs with Smith, like when he induced an infield pop-up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
The treated mice were also more resistant to chemically induced colitis.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026
In May, Tyler was placed into an induced coma after having emergency intestinal surgery in Portugal, but later died "as a result of the illness that she was being treated for", her family said.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
“But what,” said she, after a pause, “can have been his motive? What can have induced him to behave so cruelly?”
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
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The centre of this anticyclone will shift eastwards on Tuesday, inducing warm south-easterly flows across much of the UK, with a lot of dry weather.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
“These episodes ended with an eventual reversal in investment, inducing economy-wide recessions,” the BIS said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
But Sasaki bounced back by inducing a double play.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2026
The reasons range widely, from the need to protect manufacturing for defense purposes, to inducing trading partners to lower their trade barriers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
In the absence of key nutrients, a severe chemical imbalance develops in the brain, inducing convulsions and hallucinations.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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