as in impetus
something that arouses action or activity
the former president's endorsement was all the momentum the campaign needed
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Recent Examples of momentum
On this point, there was momentum in platformization wins during the February-to-April quarter.
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Jeff Marks, CNBC, 20 May 2025
Edan Alexander’s release could be used as momentum for a larger deal that brings everyone home and ends hostilities.
—Ben Sales, Sun Sentinel, 20 May 2025
The pandemic saps some of the company’s momentum, and Zoom meetings tend to devolve into power plays among competing politburos, with LaBeouf exercising veto power.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 19 May 2025
Building on that momentum, and in addition to the new hotel and expanded WaterPark, the resort is now developing Bluestone Peak, a 55-plus active adult lifestyle community.
—Roger Sands, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for momentum
Jeff Marks, CNBC, 20 May 2025
Edan Alexander’s release could be used as momentum for a larger deal that brings everyone home and ends hostilities.
—Ben Sales, Sun Sentinel, 20 May 2025
The pandemic saps some of the company’s momentum, and Zoom meetings tend to devolve into power plays among competing politburos, with LaBeouf exercising veto power.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 19 May 2025
Building on that momentum, and in addition to the new hotel and expanded WaterPark, the resort is now developing Bluestone Peak, a 55-plus active adult lifestyle community.
—Roger Sands, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for momentum
Recent Examples of Synonyms for momentum
Noun
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And that is the impetus for a Wyldwood setup that will encourage cast and crew to keep their own family units intact during productions — not exactly the norm in the industry.—
Tatiana Siegel,
Variety,
22 May 2025
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Political developments are a big impetus for the changes.—
Larry Light,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2025
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Deadline first told you this was in the works earlier this month and part of SP Media’s plans to boost local Hollywood shoots following their U.S. film and TV production incentive proposal to the President Donald Trump White House.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
20 May 2025
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An example of the latter includes receiving restricted stock units (RSUs) or exercising incentive stock options (ISOs).—
Malana VanTyler,
USA Today,
20 May 2025
Noun
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What stuck with her most were the messages of encouragement and the resilience of the kittens themselves.—
Ashley Vega,
People.com,
26 May 2025
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On Saturday, Brinkley – who was married to Joel from 1985 to 1994 – took to social media to share her support and offer words of encouragement as Joel prepares to battle normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH), a rare disorder which affects his vision, hearing and balance.—
Christina Dugan Ramirez,
FOXNews.com,
25 May 2025
Noun
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The days of dodging class or suffering from a lack of motivation appear to be a thing of the past at Alpha School, a private pre-K through eighth grade institution that utilizes personalized artificial intelligence to teach an entire day of core academic lessons in just two hours.—
Alex Backus,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 May 2025
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The process is also shaped by a long-term signaling process where candidates express interest or withdraw based on personal motivations and interactions with the current leader.—
Matthew F. Erskine,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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The recordings revealed that AWB and ASH, two neurons that are responsible for making sense of olfactory stimuli, were activated when the corpses and fluids were present, indicating that the worms were smelling the signature of death.—
Sam Walters,
Discover Magazine,
23 May 2025
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When we get stung by a wasp, the association between pain and wasps is encoded in the region of the brain called the amygdala, which connects simple stimuli with basic emotions.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
21 May 2025
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“Momentum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/momentum. Accessed 1 Jun. 2025.
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