as in incentive
something that arouses action or activity
fear of failing should be plenty of motivation to study for the test
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Recent Examples of motivation
Despite a months-long investigation, questions remain about Crooks’ motivation and any preventative measures that could have been implemented.
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Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 28 May 2025
Was part of your motivation for the film to give hope to people who feel like outcasts?
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 28 May 2025
The movie’s psychological framework, its system of motivations, is stretched very thin between two extremes: of clarity and opacity, near-obviousness and absolute impenetrability.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 28 May 2025
One player who should not be short of motivation is Nicolas Jackson after missing the final two games through suspension after his red card against Newcastle United.
—Simon Johnson, New York Times, 28 May 2025
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Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 28 May 2025
Was part of your motivation for the film to give hope to people who feel like outcasts?
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 28 May 2025
The movie’s psychological framework, its system of motivations, is stretched very thin between two extremes: of clarity and opacity, near-obviousness and absolute impenetrability.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 28 May 2025
One player who should not be short of motivation is Nicolas Jackson after missing the final two games through suspension after his red card against Newcastle United.
—Simon Johnson, New York Times, 28 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for motivation
Noun
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The Biden administration sought to encourage manufacturers to build in the United States, but those efforts are still in their early stages, and many of the government incentives are now on the chopping block.—
Dan Gearino,
Wired News,
31 May 2025
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While Enders’ report accuses Amazon of contributing to the piracy problem, as the owner of its own streaming service, Prime Video, Amazon has an incentive to fight piracy.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
30 May 2025
Noun
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And that is the impetus for a Wyldwood setup that will encourage cast and crew to keep their own family units intact during productions — not exactly the norm in the industry.—
Tatiana Siegel,
Variety,
22 May 2025
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Political developments are a big impetus for the changes.—
Larry Light,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2025
Noun
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What stuck with her most were the messages of encouragement and the resilience of the kittens themselves.—
Ashley Vega,
People.com,
26 May 2025
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On Saturday, Brinkley – who was married to Joel from 1985 to 1994 – took to social media to share her support and offer words of encouragement as Joel prepares to battle normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH), a rare disorder which affects his vision, hearing and balance.—
Christina Dugan Ramirez,
FOXNews.com,
25 May 2025
Noun
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The recordings revealed that AWB and ASH, two neurons that are responsible for making sense of olfactory stimuli, were activated when the corpses and fluids were present, indicating that the worms were smelling the signature of death.—
Sam Walters,
Discover Magazine,
23 May 2025
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When we get stung by a wasp, the association between pain and wasps is encoded in the region of the brain called the amygdala, which connects simple stimuli with basic emotions.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
21 May 2025
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“Motivation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/motivation. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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