Words similar to impetus

Example sentences for: impetus

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A large part of the impetus behind the education reform movement had been panic over U.S. competitiveness in the international economy.
The impetus for changing the financial reporting model needs more involvement of investors and other users of financial information as the current model is too driven by those who have historically focused more on the technical aspects of financial reporting, such as accountants, regulators, corporate management, and boards of directors.
The most important thing about the IBM sell-off, though, was what it wasn't , namely an impetus for a more general sell-off in technology.
The impetus for this study arose from the need to perform microarray experiments to investigate the molecular changes elicited by environmental toxicants on male reproduction function in hamster.
While such challenges remain, the new genomics tools and resources that are now available or are becoming available are clearly providing a major impetus to this field.