Everyday more than 1 billion promotional messages are sent that are commercial and __________. Although __________ have used more technology to stop this, __________ find ways around it.

The company's attempt to ______ costs by reducing staff initially seemed effective, but it soon began to ______ productivity, eventually ______ employee morale and creating long-term ______.

The lack of coordination between departments began to ______ workflow efficiency, resulting in frequent ______, thereby ______ deadlines and leaving teams increasingly ______.

One day, a crane told him about a nearby marsh with a ….…… of food and water. It urged, "Come now, or you will miss your chance."

The speaker's attempt to ______ the tense atmosphere with humor was poorly judged, as it seemed to ______ the seriousness of the issue, thereby ______ the audience and making any resolution more ______.

Achieving spaceflight enabled humans to begin to explore the solar system and the rest of the _______, to understand the many objects and _______ that are better observed from a space perspective, and to use for human benefit the resources and attributes of the space environment. All of these activities - discovery, scientific understanding, and the _______ of that understanding to serve human purposes — are elements of space _______.

While feedback is intended to ______ performance, when delivered insensitively it can ______ confidence, thereby ______ motivation and leaving the recipient feeling unfairly ______.