reward
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His reward was appointment to Jackson’s “Kitchen Cabinet,” in which he was widely considered one of the president’s most loyal advisers.
From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026
These brain regions are involved in reward processing and in regulating the timing between heartbeats, a measure known as heart rate variability.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
A reward of £10,000 was also offered up by Crimestoppers for information that led to Aleksanders' arrest.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
The FBI offers a reward of up to $150,000 in exchange for “information that leads to the arrest and conviction” of any member of the FBI’s Most Wanted Fraudsters list.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
The master had said it in so many words—my reward for whatever awaited me in this nightmarish new world into which I had enlisted.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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"Our study thus underscores the transformative role of breath-based interventions. The interplay between breathing and cardiac dynamics makes the brain more receptive to rewards," explains lead author Wenhao Huang, interpreting the results.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
Pizza Express birthday rewards depend on your loyalty level.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Ernst & Young’s U.S. division says it will invest $100 million in employee rewards to recognize more human skills and how those attributes will help in AI adoption.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
Jain added that it was “silly that you can earn rewards buying a round of drinks at a bar, but not paying your rent every month.”
From Salon ● Sep. 1, 2026
Woundwort believed in emulation and he let it be known that there would be plenty of chances to win rewards.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
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Catcher Will Smith, who the Dodgers also activated from the IL Tuesday, put the ball in the air in his first four at-bats and was finally rewarded in the seventh inning with an RBI double.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
Restaurants often want to fill seats outside of peak lunch and dinner hours so opting for earlier or later sittings can be rewarded by a cheaper bill.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
Original Opportunity Zone investors who bet on tax deferral were rewarded.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
When the simulated environment rewarded smell, every region within the distributed system expanded while the neocortex became smaller.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026
The city rulers encouraged and rewarded the workforce during construction and maintenance of the mound by staging celebratory roasts of fish and achira root right on the worksite.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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For Steinem, the most rewarding part of these events were the open-ended conversations she facilitated afterward, as those in the room formed connections, hatched plans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
I recommend watching Fabares anywhere you can; it’s always rewarding, whatever the context.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
For a film as thoughtful as this one, further introspection is not only deserved, but wildly rewarding.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026
Staff at Chester Zoo said seeing the snake "back to her normal bright and feisty self has been incredibly rewarding".
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Jessie did not come around anymore, she was fishing the rewarding waters of the open stream, she was returning to a tree hollow full of babies.
From "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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