How to Use incentive in a Sentence

incentive

noun
  • The company is offering a special low price as an added incentive for new customers.
  • The rising cost of electricity provides a strong incentive to conserve energy.
  • The government offers special tax incentives for entrepreneurs.
  • The incentive to cheat is based on the fear of losing their jobs.
    Bethany McLean, The Hive, 19 June 2017
  • That’s a nice incentive to try to get this passed on the ballot.
    John Benson, cleveland, 8 Dec. 2021
  • At the most, men wouldn’t have an incentive to leave their homes.
    New York Times, 15 May 2021
  • This is a step in the right direction, but the incentive is flawed.
    Puja Ohlhaver, Wired, 1 Sep. 2020
  • So far, that hasn’t been enough of an incentive to break the impasse.
    Karen Kaplanscience and Medicine Editor, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2022
  • So once again, the lesson is that the presence of incentives is not enough.
    The Economist, 12 Dec. 2019
  • The upgrades were done thanks, in part, to an incentive program the city is rolling out.
    David Hernandez, sandiegouniontribune.com, 19 Apr. 2018
  • Playing time will now be the incentive for Walz to get the most out of his players.
    Alexis Cubit, The Courier-Journal, 23 Nov. 2022
  • Maybe this gives Dwyane Wade some added incentive to come back and play with a friend.
    Ira Winderman, Sun-Sentinel.com, 30 Apr. 2018
  • So, in my view, this tax incentive to give is not very strong.
    Benjamin A. Priday, The Conversation, 22 May 2020
  • Pretty soon, fans will have even more of an incentive to make the trip.
    Taylor Mead, House Beautiful, 23 Jan. 2019
  • The short answer is to avoid any incentive for a team to finish last.
    Brian Mahoney, Chron, 13 May 2023
  • The incentives in my contract are much more to sell to the streamers than to broadcast.
    Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Mar. 2023
  • If prizes for the top three teams and best dressed aren't enough incentive, maybe the butterbeer will be.
    Rachel Yang, Chicago Reader, 5 Mar. 2018
  • So Charleston paid for its own flight — and the Cougars had a little more incentive to win.
    Noah Trister, ajc, 16 Mar. 2023
  • This would be the third part of an incentive for the development.
    Steve Lord, chicagotribune.com, 15 Oct. 2021
  • So that takes away the incentive to bribe people or to put pressure on them.
    WIRED, 18 Oct. 2023
  • The contract is incentive-laden and worth up to $6.7 million.
    Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 16 Mar. 2023
  • When a trip to the mall or to work might end in a weeks-long quarantine, there was little incentive to spend.
    Meaghan Tobin, Washington Post, 20 Feb. 2023
  • And there’s a great incentive to break multiverse rules to do it.
    Chris Smith, BGR, 25 Sep. 2021
  • In a stable like this, skaters have less of an incentive to take care of their own well-being.
    Sarah Hughes, Rolling Stone, 19 Feb. 2022
  • The lenders almost have an incentive for contracts to fail.
    Jessica Lussenhop, ProPublica, 21 Nov. 2022
  • The real problem is a lack of incentive for schools to meet students’ needs.
    Corey Deangelis, National Review, 6 Apr. 2021
  • When it wasn’t broken, there was no incentive to fix it.
    Greg Petro, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2022
  • Another incentive for the project is a sales tax break.
    Judy Pochel, chicagotribune.com, 17 Dec. 2020
  • The governor also set aside up to $5 million for incentives to lure the Sundance Film Festival to Boulder.
    John Frank, Axios, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Paired with incentives, state and local governments in the state have drawn scores of new business opportunities.
    David Beasley | The Center Square Contributor, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 2 Nov. 2024

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