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- noun
Agent noun ofmotivate ; one who motivates.
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- noun a positive motivational influence
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Examples
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The other motivator is a little more complicated, but the words of a recent country song say it well …
Stepping Up 2007
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Mr. Mack was known as a motivator of the traders who gave him a standing ovation when he returned from four years in exile to take control of Morgan Stanley from Chief Executive Philip Purcell .
Morgan Stanley's Mack to Leave at Year's End Aaron Lucchetti 2011
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The only motivator is getting what you want, aka, the quality movies/music/software, the only ethics involved are that people that file share on a regular basis attempt to maintain an adequate ratio of up: down.
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True or not, one big motivator is that they [Americans] have invaded our countries and killed our women and children, and destroyed our way of life; to remove them and prevent this, we need a persuasive deterrent.
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That was one main motivator in creating the SETI Institute Talk series.
SETI Institute: Life at the SETI Institute: Adrian Brown -- The Time for Mars is Now SETI Institute 2010
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True or not, one big motivator is that they [Americans] have invaded our countries and killed our women and children, and destroyed our way of life; to remove them and prevent this, we need a persuasive deterrent.
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True or not, one big motivator is that they [Americans] have invaded our countries and killed our women and children, and destroyed our way of life; to remove them and prevent this, we need a persuasive deterrent.
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True or not, one big motivator is that they [Americans] have invaded our countries and killed our women and children, and destroyed our way of life; to remove them and prevent this, we need a persuasive deterrent.
Geopolitics 2010
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The point about money as an ineffective motivator is a good one.
Kristine Kathryn Rusch » Freelancer’s Survival Guide: Risks (Part One) 2010
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Another motivator is sheer curiosity about the thinking of those who disagree with me.
Carry-Over Thread 2007
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