How to Use incentivize in a Sentence

incentivize

verb
  • And what can incentivize us to do the upkeep in our home?
    — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Feb. 2026
  • The goal is to incentivize people to avoid waste and use things longer.
    — Lenora Chu, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Sometimes people need to be incentivized to do things in the right ways.
    — Becky Lucas, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Sep. 2023
  • As such, these events incentivize fans to buy more albums even in a streaming era.
    — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2024
  • That incentivizes people to stay long past their expiry date.
    — Gord Magill, Newsweek, 22 Dec. 2024
  • Some tried to incentivize workers with prizes or cash bonuses.
    — Jenna Carlesso, courant.com, 29 Aug. 2021
  • Levi’s is incentivizing consumers to spend more to save more.
    — Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Tax cuts that incentivize home builders to build affordable homes.
    — Nerdwallet, The Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2024
  • He’s incentivized to lie here for plenty of reasons.
    — Sean Gentille, New York Times, 14 June 2026
  • Any team taking his deal will need to be incentivized to do so with draft capital.
    — Sam Vecenie, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Start with one or two core metrics and then incentivize teams to meet them—every month, week and even hour.
    — Mehdi Daoudi, Forbes, 26 Aug. 2022
  • The trouble is that too few people were incentivized to buy a ticket in the first place.
    — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 1 July 2025
  • That move was broadly seen as part of efforts to incentivize people to get the shots.
    — Compiled Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 25 July 2021
  • Outside of the fact that why is Nike incentivizing this kind of work?
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2025
  • Some argue that countries with low birth rates should incentivize people to have more kids.
    — Stephanie Psaki, Time, 18 Aug. 2025
  • Our teams became much more incentivized and driven.
    — David Moin, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The birds weren’t trained or incentivized in any way to produce the swinging style of movement.
    — Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Jan. 2024
  • When crop acreage fails to turn a profit year after year, farmers may be incentivized to sell the land.
    — Connor Giffin, Louisville Courier Journal, 23 Sep. 2025
  • In light of two landmark deals, Tucker would be incentivized to see what else is out there.
    — Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
  • This incentivized them to make promises that the company couldn’t keep.
    — Alana Semuels, TIME, 18 June 2024
  • We both are incentivized to make our stories more engaging to get more people to watch.
    — J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 3 Oct. 2025
  • There's all kinds of ways to incentivize to get people to do the right thing with materials.
    — Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 4 June 2022
  • Some firms incentivize hoarding clients even as the end approaches.
    — Literary Hub, 18 June 2026
  • But a few factors clearly incentivized Hun Sen to drag out the spat.
    — Charlie Campbell, Time, 25 July 2025
  • This will incentivize safety over quick profit.
    — J. Xavier Prochaska, Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2026
  • This incentivizes a broad range of fashion brands to work with sports superstars on their tunnel looks.
    — Essence, 2 May 2024
  • The change is that latest effort to incentivize schools into putting mask mandates in place.
    — Arika Herron, The Indianapolis Star, 22 Jan. 2022
  • This incentivized the capitalist class to hire new workers on a large scale.
    — Jacob Swartz, Orange County Register, 14 May 2024
  • This could be reasonably close, but with the playoffs in reach the Bills are incentivized.
    — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2023
  • To achieve this, the reforms could incentivize building more resilient homes in less risky areas.
    — Nichole Wissman, The Conversation, 18 Feb. 2025

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