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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
engender .
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Examples
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If the Obama administration is intent on proceeding with military commissions and at the same time wants to combat the negative perception the term engenders around the world after nearly nine years of ineptitude and failure then it is essential for it to make a genuine commitment to transparency.
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It may lack the thumbscrews and ultimate despatch to Dachau or Belsen, but the attitudes and spirit which this sort of activity engenders is precisely that which obtained in Germany under the Nazis or in the former East Germany under Erich Honecker's Communists?
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It may lack the thumbscrews and ultimate despatch to Dachau or Belsen, but the attitudes and spirit which this sort of activity engenders is precisely that which obtained in Germany under the Nazis or in the former East Germany under Erich Honecker's Communists?
Archive 2008-08-24 2008
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The atmosphere that this stuff engenders is a generally chilling effect on conversation.
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This is called brand goodwill, a hard-won value resulting from the trust that a strong name engenders among buyers and partners.
Marty Zwilling: Entrepreneurs Need to Think Globally at the Start Marty Zwilling 2011
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This is called brand goodwill, a hard-won value resulting from the trust that a strong name engenders among buyers and partners.
Marty Zwilling: Entrepreneurs Need to Think Globally at the Start Marty Zwilling 2011
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The perceptions and associations a particular name engenders are ever-changing.
What’s in a Name? 2009
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The word cholesterol engenders fear across the board.
THE HIGH SCHOOL REUNION DIET David Colbert 2010
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The word cholesterol engenders fear across the board.
THE HIGH SCHOOL REUNION DIET David Colbert 2010
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When we look at the ratings liberals give conservatives and conservatives give liberals, it turns out that political ideology engenders stronger reactions than religion.
American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010
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