motivation
Example Sentences
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"The motivations and aims of these detractors can be investigated by others. I prefer to look back on my career at Celtic with deep gratitude and satisfaction."
From BBC
There is a major concern that the funds will ruin motivation to work.
But the prospect of great riches does little to address the motivations of either side of the conflict.
From Barron's
But the prospect of great riches does little to address the motivations of either side of the conflict.
From Barron's
"Ramanujan's motivation might have been very mathematical, but without his knowledge, he was also studying black holes, turbulence, percolation, all sorts of things."
From Science Daily
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