motivation
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Meta has launched different versions of the product in the past few years: the $499 Oakley sports glasses that offer AI-powered motivation and fitness tracking, $379 Meta Ray-Bans, and non-Ray-Ban glasses for $299.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
"I expect that to be robust, but hopefully a profitable conversation for everyone. Fundamentally, we just need to get what's right for English cricket. That will be the number one motivation."
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
The Dodgers may or may not have the need, but they surely have the motivation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
The head of UK counter-terrorism policing, Laurence Taylor, said in a statement that "we are pursuing multiple lines of enquiry to establish the motivation for this attack".
From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026
Whatever his motivation, my father accepted the job on the spot.
From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson
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The research reports, from JPMorgan and Panmure Liberum, offer different motivations for the exchange.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 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
This exhibition, he says, deals with the question of why and the display of objects speaks to the motivations behind going to space.
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026
"In the cinema, Bond’s legacy as a character has become problematic and his motivations as a modern British secret agent uncertain," he added.
From Barron's ● May 26, 2026
The facts, anyway; no one can say about the actual motivations.
From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman
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Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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The SAT: Language of the Test, List 3
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TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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