motivation

"His motivation for this - what we allege is a deliberate attack - is very much a centrepiece of the investigation," said Victoria Police Commissioner Mike Bush.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

Specifically, cues setting expectations of a disappointing or untrustworthy result will reduce motivation.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

“That pressure turns into a motivation to keep pushing ourselves,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026

John Lilly, a neurophysiologist, promised to give the agency “push-button control over the totality of motivation and consciousness” via electrical means.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

“It comes down to motivation, doesn’t it? Since we’re being candid, we might as well acknowledge that we saw one another on the train bound for London. We both have missions and we’re motivated.”

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

Shenna Bellows, Maine’s secretary of state, said she’d welcome that but was skeptical of the agency’s motivations.

From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2026

Secessionist movements regularly have "economic motivations," but typically those are married to a linguistic or nationalist component, Griffiths said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

You know, normally in First Amendment cases, there is a factual dispute about the motivations of government action.

From Slate ● Sep. 30, 2026

Just as your altruism or kindness can lead you astray, so can other motivations, like greed — participating in a get-rich-quick scam that seems too good to be true.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

It wasn’t so much that I didn’t trust Clancy’s motivations; he just unnerved me.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken