induce

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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More Academic words

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