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something that arouses action or activity
fear of failing should be plenty of motivation to study for the test
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One effective and impactful way to do this is through psychographic segmentation to group customers in a specific market or space based on defining attitudes, values or motivations.
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Emily Ketchen, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
In the realm of superhero cinema, origin stories explain our protagonist’s driving motivations.
—Nikhil Krishnan, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
Actions, attitudes and philosophies should be judged, at least in part, by the history, motivations and hypocrisies of those who offer them.
—Alan M. Dershowitz, New York Daily News, 22 Dec. 2024
Report The Twins' motivations could be financial.
—Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
Implications Le Grand's work on post-World War II British social policy found that perceptions of human motivations gradually transformed, with the prevailing view of the typical British citizenry morphing from knight into knave as the costs of maintaining an expensive welfare state increased.
—Sachin H. Jain, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
Many health care debates-especially those relating to health care financing, quality, and education-implicitly prescribe a view of health insurers and their underlying motivations.
—Sachin H. Jain, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
Traditional metrics, like closing all service tickets or hitting sales quotas, often feel like top-down mandates disconnected from employees’ intrinsic motivations.
—Rasmus Holst, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
The would-be assassin needs to face the full force of justice and the people deserve the truth about the defendant’s history, motivations and plan.
—Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 19 Dec. 2024
Emily Ketchen, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
In the realm of superhero cinema, origin stories explain our protagonist’s driving motivations.
—Nikhil Krishnan, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
Actions, attitudes and philosophies should be judged, at least in part, by the history, motivations and hypocrisies of those who offer them.
—Alan M. Dershowitz, New York Daily News, 22 Dec. 2024
Report The Twins' motivations could be financial.
—Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
Implications Le Grand's work on post-World War II British social policy found that perceptions of human motivations gradually transformed, with the prevailing view of the typical British citizenry morphing from knight into knave as the costs of maintaining an expensive welfare state increased.
—Sachin H. Jain, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
Many health care debates-especially those relating to health care financing, quality, and education-implicitly prescribe a view of health insurers and their underlying motivations.
—Sachin H. Jain, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
Traditional metrics, like closing all service tickets or hitting sales quotas, often feel like top-down mandates disconnected from employees’ intrinsic motivations.
—Rasmus Holst, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
The would-be assassin needs to face the full force of justice and the people deserve the truth about the defendant’s history, motivations and plan.
—Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 19 Dec. 2024
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“Motivations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/motivations. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
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