incentivize
verb
in·cen·tiv·ize
in-ˈsen-tə-ˌvīz 
incentivized; incentivizing
: to provide with an incentive
would incentivize employees with stock options
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In theory, levies on imports incentivize firms to build manufacturing in the U.S. as a means of averting the tax burden.
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Max Zahn, ABC News, 19 July 2025
Communicate industry needs to representatives, supporting policies that incentivize innovation, promote interoperability and address workforce development in civil engineering and related fields.
—Ronald Bisio, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
Each was the second of its kind, in what the groups hope will be a running series that incentivizes top AI companies to improve their practices.
—Billy Perrigo, Time, 17 July 2025
Domestic manufacturing is a priority of President Donald Trump’s second administration and the president has leveraged tariffs as a way to incentivize companies to build and stay in America.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 16 July 2025
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Max Zahn, ABC News, 19 July 2025
Communicate industry needs to representatives, supporting policies that incentivize innovation, promote interoperability and address workforce development in civil engineering and related fields.
—Ronald Bisio, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
Each was the second of its kind, in what the groups hope will be a running series that incentivizes top AI companies to improve their practices.
—Billy Perrigo, Time, 17 July 2025
Domestic manufacturing is a priority of President Donald Trump’s second administration and the president has leveraged tariffs as a way to incentivize companies to build and stay in America.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 16 July 2025
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“Incentivize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/incentivize. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.
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