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been inducing
verb
To lead by persuasion or influence; incite.
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Self wrote some smart, funny novels and stories in the '90s — "My Idea of Fun," "Great Apes," "Flytopia," "Caring, Sharing" — but lately he's been inducing smirks.
For 15 years the Botswana government had been inducing residents to leave the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, and wildlife officials harassed people who stayed.
With their Do-you-think-he-sauruses and the mushroom who's a fun guy to be with, Christmas cracker jokes have been inducing groans over the gravy for decades.
Indeed, the ironic smile was Dr. Singer's only visible reaction when a biology student sitting next to him at dinner explained that she had been inducing epilepsy in laboratory rats to test various cures.
The only new show that deserves to be called a bona fide hit -- because it has been inducing viewers to seek it out every week -- is "C.S.I., Crime Scene Investigation" on CBS.
The opening up to foreign competition, the deregulation of a vast array of markets and the privatization of public-sector firms have been inducing major changes in the structure and behaviour of the Latin American economies.
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The slowdown has been induced by three factors.
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The problem is inducing people to use it.
So why is inducing labor a big deal?
Others were induced to say "O.K".
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