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prompting

noun as in suggesting

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Fireball has exploded in popularity in the United States, prompting expansion in Europe.

So she added that bit, prompting Manson to call her editor in a rage.

Egypt expelled the Turkish ambassador last year, prompting Ankara to declare the Egyptian envoy in Turkey persona non grata.

It also was a showcase for moral bankruptcy, prompting thousands of its best and brightest citizens to flee abroad.

Dysfunction in the VA scheduling system has been the target of watchdog reports for years—without prompting an overhaul.

The imitative impulse prompting to the production of the semblance of something appears very early in child-life.

Often, when a certain spot was manipulated, the patient would begin to cough without prompting.

Here was one who said exactly the right things, without needing any prompting whatever.

“The cottage was empty ever so long,” I carelessly said, some instinct prompting me not to tell too much.

But the manicure lady was of a temperament needing no prompting.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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