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encouragement

[en-kur-ij-muhnt, -kuhr-] / ɛnˈkɜr ɪdʒ mənt, -ˈkʌr- /


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What encourages her, and she offers to readers, is poetry and other literature, which “gives us the encouragement to stay grounded.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

Despite the early hour in Japan, thousands of people tuned into the live stream, posting messages of encouragement.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

As the crowd shouts encouragement, Tonya takes to the lectern.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

Vo’s own go-to Taco Bell order audaciously nods at the chain’s encouragement of personalization: A chicken quesadilla bulked up with steak and ground beef.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

She has taken off down the street with my unintended encouragement.

From "The Sky at Our Feet" by Nadia Hashimi

I wonder how well and efficiently he would have written it with frequent and intermittent shouts being thrown his way, regardless of whether they were insults or encouragements.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2025

A group of men were using their bare hands to try and free her as an anxious crowd stood outside, calling out encouragements to the rescuers.

From Reuters ● Nov. 7, 2023

The chat and commenters on Twitter were screaming encouragements, hyped as all hell to have the privilege of watching Malenia fall for the 1,000th time.

From The Verge ● May 11, 2022

In the Digital Wellbeing settings, tap Bedtime Mode to add further sleep-friendly encouragements, like enabling your Do Not Disturb shield, turning the screen black-and-white or just keeping it off.

From New York Times ● Nov. 3, 2021

We all ran, screaming encouragements to make it rise higher.

From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat


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