motivations
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Wright denied political motivations in the weeks and months that followed, telling CNN’s Kaitlan Collins in October that the decisions were “all based on facts.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
To survive, they’ve had to connect with groups that have almost incomprehensibly different motivations.
From Slate ● Jul. 29, 2026
While many venture investors see the rise of young entrepreneurs as positive, some worry about the motivations of some founders during the AI gold rush.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
If there’s something not quite right, listen to what your body tells you because your body will oftentimes clock the true motivations of the individual before your brain does.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 8, 2026
There is something beautiful in the subtlety of that exchange, in the attention that each party must pay to the motivations and desires of the other.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
