motivation
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"A key line of inquiry remains to identify any potential motivation behind why the men were at that location, and this includes whether it may be connected to any criminal activity," Flanagan said.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
Part of the LSE’s motivation for running the private markets venue is to forge early links with young private companies that might one day want to go public.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
He shares that his family, his wife and daughter, provide him with a newfound motivation to make justice a reality for Black people and all other people of color.
From Salon ● Sep. 29, 2026
Los Angeles investor Steve Emerson said his motivation in writing checks to moderate Democrats such as Stevens is “to fight antisemitism.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026
I knew that many gymnasts got injured, had already peaked, or simply lost the motivation to compete by age nineteen, which was how old I’d be when the next Olympics rolled around.
From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles
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
Meanwhile, Anthropic's CEO Dario Amodei called for the pace of AI development to slow and be more closely monitored, as the company has done before, though some have questioned the motivations behind this.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
I don’t pretend to know the motivations of Anthropic’s Dario Amodei and other tech titans who last weekend announced their view that the development of artificial intelligence requires government oversight to avert global catastrophe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
This made Haupt suspicious of Burger's motivations for returning to the United States and raised doubts about his loyalty to the Fatherland and the men on the sabotage mission.
From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple
Vocabulary lists containing motivation
Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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The SAT: Language of the Test, List 3
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TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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