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as in persuading
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as in prompt
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as in encouraging
to try to persuade (someone) through earnest appeals to follow a course of action
the public service announcement urges pet owners to spay or neuter their pets
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Recent Examples of urging
Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
With declining tax revenues, the Kremlin is urging war-profiteering oligarchs to bear more of the burden.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
Federal officials had issued a warning to local law enforcement agencies some two weeks before the attack urging them to be vigilant about similar incidents.
—Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 3 Jan. 2025
AccuWeather experts are urging travelers to avoid unnecessary travel and to prepare for significant disruptions this weekend.
—Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
Leading up to the New Year, Islamic State Khorasan (ISIS-K), ISIS's Afghan affiliate, was posting propaganda across social media platforms urging its supporters to conduct attacks on Christmas and New Year's Eve.
—Gabriella Tejeda and Colin P. Clarke, Newsweek, 2 Jan. 2025
In 2024, a staggering 17% of Americans claimed to have zero friends, up from 1% in 1990, around when Oldenburg was first urging caution.
—Adam Chandler, TIME, 2 Jan. 2025
Still, many are preparing, urging each other to rise above the fear.
—Laura Rodríguez Presa, Chicago Tribune, 2 Jan. 2025
Some in his camp were urging him to pack it in.
—Ron Elving, NPR, 28 Dec. 2024
Verb
In 2023, a billboard displaying Graves' photo was placed near the festival site, urging attendees to provide any information to authorities.
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Reuters reports that the product is finally ready for launch and can converse with users and respond to multiple prompts in a sequence.—
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This prompt works wonders for polishing your work and pointing out improvements.—
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Unfortunately, current leadership isn’t fostering a new narrative or encouraging positive change.—
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Of course, there are many who believe the RTO mandates are actually a ruse for reducing headcount by encouraging employees to quit.—
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The exhortations to strengthen alliances, build up domestic strength, and take advantage of time are all obviously correct.—
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One of the major lessons of the Carter energy policies is that all the exhortations of advocates and government experts are as nothing compared to the weight of consumer choice.—
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Relatively obscure Thracian art, for all its muscular power and authority, is a sobering reminder of our common fragility.—
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For residents in two parking test areas in Highland Park and Payne-Phalen, the following parking rules should be observed: Weekly alternate side parking pilot areas ONLY: Sunday changeover reminder.—
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Tester feedback: After her first tango with the kit, executive beauty editor Jenny Bailly was in love.—
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Understanding the root cause is crucial, so regular surveys and anonymous feedback can help identify stressors.—
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These entreaties, if they were ever heard by Cox and Kyoko, were ignored.—
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Despite entreaties from its engineers, Google management sat on the breakthrough.—
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In the Fort Worth Independent School District and across Texas, conversations about literacy instruction have largely focused on the early grades.—
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The instructions said the test would take 20 minutes and require a pack of lancets.—
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In its opening scene, from George Harrison’s 1971 Concert for Bangladesh, Preston starts singing the warmly exhorting gospel song that gives the film its name.—
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On an August day in 2011, a man stood outside City Hall in Newark, New Jersey, exhorting a crowd through a wireless microphone.—
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“Urging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/urging. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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