In a sentence
Six example sentences with induce, each labelled with its topic.
A small rebate was enough to induce thousands of households to replace boilers they had planned to keep.
Economics
No bonus could induce the warehouse crew to work a sixth night, so the company rewrote the schedule instead.
Business
Researchers tried to induce volunteers to guess again, offering praise, small payments, and finally nothing but a friendly nod.
Psychology
A slightly higher rate induced thousands of savers to lock their money into five-year deposits that spring.
Finance
Free credits induced a thousand developers to try the service, and about forty of them kept paying afterward.
Startups
No promise of committee seats could induce the mayor to reopen the vote on the tram line.
Politics
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Found in these word lists
Found in 11 published word lists
- New Academic Word List (Browne/Culligan/Phillips 2013)Authoritative
- Academic Keyword List (Paquot 2010)Authoritative
- University Word List (Xue & Nation 1984)Authoritative
- Academic Word List (Coxhead 2000)Authoritative
- Business Word List (part 2)Authoritative
- Medical Academic Word ListAuthoritative
- Israeli Psychometric English dictionary (Campus IL / NITE)Authoritative
- Science Vocabulary ListAuthoritative
- GRE Word List 4700 (widely used study list)Recognized
- 5000 GRE Words (widely used study list)Recognized
- SparkNotes 1000 SAT WordsRecognized
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