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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Meanwhile, the European Union is incentivizing American scientists to relocate.
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Alex Knapp, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
In it were priorities that echo those of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Secretary of Health and Human Services: investigating toxins in the food supply, incentivizing healthy food purchases with food stamps, replacing factory farming with regenerative farming.
—Alana Semuels, Time, 8 May 2025
Union representatives have been raising the idea of a federal tax break to further incentivize domestic production for some time, as production crews have seen the loss of work over many years.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 4 May 2025
Called the United States-Ukraine Reconstruction Investment Fund, the deal aims to establish a long-term economic partnership aimed at generating revenue for both countries and incentivizing peace in a country currently under assault by Russia.
—Ahtra Elnashar, Baltimore Sun, 2 May 2025
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Alex Knapp, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
In it were priorities that echo those of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Secretary of Health and Human Services: investigating toxins in the food supply, incentivizing healthy food purchases with food stamps, replacing factory farming with regenerative farming.
—Alana Semuels, Time, 8 May 2025
Union representatives have been raising the idea of a federal tax break to further incentivize domestic production for some time, as production crews have seen the loss of work over many years.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 4 May 2025
Called the United States-Ukraine Reconstruction Investment Fund, the deal aims to establish a long-term economic partnership aimed at generating revenue for both countries and incentivizing peace in a country currently under assault by Russia.
—Ahtra Elnashar, Baltimore Sun, 2 May 2025
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“Incentivize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/incentivize. Accessed 15 May. 2025.
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