induce

Example Sentences

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Instead, she’s made the case that her approach would lead to more arrests as well as induce more people to leave on their own.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

"I did everything I could to have my voice heard. I begged them to induce me. They didn't want to believe that I knew what was right in my body," says Chloe.

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026

After praising the Grammy winner’s “excellent performance,” Farah Griffin recalled thinking the energetic spectacle — a celebration of the Latin community — would induce labor.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2026

"Although the 2023 Nobel prize in physics shows we can access such short times, the use of such an external time scale risks to induce artifacts," Dil says.

From Science Daily • Feb. 9, 2026

At that time it was believed that insecticides — then inorganic chemicals — would solve the problems of insect control, that the only task was to induce fruit growers to follow the recommended methods.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson