motivated
Example Sentences
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Karp said his warning was not commercially motivated.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
Patrick said they motivated him as a junior, but felt like a burden when he was trying to establish himself on tour.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
On the first day of the year Cembalest encouraged investors to reduce the overweight on U.S. equities versus the rest of the world, motivated primarily by the latter’s heavily discounted valuations.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
If not, wouldn’t that invite pretty harsh recriminations from either aggrieved investors or motivated regulators and prosecutors?
From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2026
This was patently untrue, but a justifiable distortion in the Jeffersonian scheme of things because motivated by an authentic urge to sustain the friendship.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
Vocabulary lists containing motivated
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