as in encourages
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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If customers have purchased the product and are experiencing symptoms or adverse reactions, the DCC urges them to contact their physician immediately.
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Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
The invitation urges supporters to give Adams $3,700 each — a figure that exceeds the max $2,100 donors can contribute to a campaign participating in the city’s public matching funds program.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 10 Dec. 2024
But Bayern also urges FIFA to do better in marketing the event.
—Manuel Veth, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
Meier is among the authors of a WWF report that outlines steps towards restoring, conserving, and sustainably managing grasslands, and urges for them to be included in global UN targets aiming to restore 30% of degraded ecosystems and 30% of terrestrial and aquatic environments by 2030.
—Jacopo Prisco, CNN, 6 Dec. 2024
The second filing urges the FCC to deny or suspend the Starlink expansion, pointing to the potential environmental damage the increasing rocket launches could cause in Texas.
—Michael Kan, PCMAG, 6 Dec. 2024
The movement urges people to donate to the charities that save the most lives per dollar.
—Sigal Samuel, Vox, 3 Dec. 2024
Shifren urges women to address all other possible causes of low libido before starting testosterone.
—Akshay Syal, M.d., NBC News, 10 Nov. 2024
As head of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation, which among other things urges people to register to vote, Campbell spent the following months spearheading other get-out-the-vote campaigns in communities across Georgia, Pennsylvania and Michigan.
—Deborah Barfield Berry, USA TODAY, 20 Oct. 2024
Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
The invitation urges supporters to give Adams $3,700 each — a figure that exceeds the max $2,100 donors can contribute to a campaign participating in the city’s public matching funds program.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 10 Dec. 2024
But Bayern also urges FIFA to do better in marketing the event.
—Manuel Veth, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
Meier is among the authors of a WWF report that outlines steps towards restoring, conserving, and sustainably managing grasslands, and urges for them to be included in global UN targets aiming to restore 30% of degraded ecosystems and 30% of terrestrial and aquatic environments by 2030.
—Jacopo Prisco, CNN, 6 Dec. 2024
The second filing urges the FCC to deny or suspend the Starlink expansion, pointing to the potential environmental damage the increasing rocket launches could cause in Texas.
—Michael Kan, PCMAG, 6 Dec. 2024
The movement urges people to donate to the charities that save the most lives per dollar.
—Sigal Samuel, Vox, 3 Dec. 2024
Shifren urges women to address all other possible causes of low libido before starting testosterone.
—Akshay Syal, M.d., NBC News, 10 Nov. 2024
As head of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation, which among other things urges people to register to vote, Campbell spent the following months spearheading other get-out-the-vote campaigns in communities across Georgia, Pennsylvania and Michigan.
—Deborah Barfield Berry, USA TODAY, 20 Oct. 2024
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“Urges.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/urges. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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