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Simplify taxes and benefits to reduce unintended disincentives (as when a small increase in wages triggers a big loss of income).
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Clive Crook, Twin Cities, 21 Aug. 2025
Creating incentives for stable two-parent families and disincentives for single-parent families will require some political courage, the lack of which is profoundly salient in Maryland.
—Ellen Sauerbrey, Baltimore Sun, 18 Aug. 2025
In short, copyright law might create a strong disincentive for companies to release open-weight models.
—ArsTechnica, 20 June 2025
The last thing Illinois should be doing right now is creating new disincentives to hiring.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2025
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Clive Crook, Twin Cities, 21 Aug. 2025
Creating incentives for stable two-parent families and disincentives for single-parent families will require some political courage, the lack of which is profoundly salient in Maryland.
—Ellen Sauerbrey, Baltimore Sun, 18 Aug. 2025
In short, copyright law might create a strong disincentive for companies to release open-weight models.
—ArsTechnica, 20 June 2025
The last thing Illinois should be doing right now is creating new disincentives to hiring.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for disincentive
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“Disincentive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disincentive. Accessed 21 Dec. 2025.
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