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

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 other animals rushed to ….…… distant places for food, he kept postponing his efforts. He was a lazy animal.

Visually strong, _______ films of the 1920s are ______ preserved and suffer from censorship cuts, leading to the _______ that they were primitive and barely watchable.

The tortoise was known for his ….…… habits.

But the tortoise delayed again, unable to ….…… his laziness. By the time he finally set out, he was too late to reach the marsh.

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 ______.