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[spur] / spɜr /




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Both see a need to move homeless people into housing, and both have said that Measure ULA, the city’s tax on high-end property sales, needs to be rewritten to spur apartment construction.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

This could spur inflationary pressure in Japan and lead to a quicker pace of BOJ rate increases.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

SpaceX’s adoption of arbitration may trigger a wave of individual arbitration adoptions for Texas companies going public and thus spur new IPOs.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

“Our U.S. Equity Sentiment Indicator currently registers just 0.3, pointing to modest investor positioning. An improvement in the geopolitical outlook or dovish shift in rate market pricing would spur further equity market upside.”

From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026

“Giddy-ap,” yelled Donovan, and thumped his heels, spur fashion.

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov




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