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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Sources close to New Delhi say Musk’s influential role in the White House no doubt incentivized the Indian government to reevaluate a Starlink deal.
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Seema Mody, CNBC, 20 Mar. 2025
The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) is a key reform that incentivizes healthcare providers to adopt VBC models.
—Arpan Saxena, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
Lovely added that while high tariffs will likely incentivize some new investment in the United States, there will also be pain as farmers and other exporters lose customers, lay off workers and go bankrupt in the trade war.
—Matt Egan, CNN, 18 Mar. 2025
Egg prices are soaring all over the nation, driven by avian flu and, some critics say, federal regulations that incentivize the culling of chickens exposed to it.
—Will Swaim, National Review, 18 Mar. 2025
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Seema Mody, CNBC, 20 Mar. 2025
The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) is a key reform that incentivizes healthcare providers to adopt VBC models.
—Arpan Saxena, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
Lovely added that while high tariffs will likely incentivize some new investment in the United States, there will also be pain as farmers and other exporters lose customers, lay off workers and go bankrupt in the trade war.
—Matt Egan, CNN, 18 Mar. 2025
Egg prices are soaring all over the nation, driven by avian flu and, some critics say, federal regulations that incentivize the culling of chickens exposed to it.
—Will Swaim, National Review, 18 Mar. 2025
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“Incentivize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/incentivize. Accessed 26 Mar. 2025.
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