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gravity

[grav-i-tee] / ˈgræv ɪ ti /
NOUN
force of attraction
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Despite the gravity and breadth of what Manchester City now confront, Andy Burnham offered no explicit criticism of them.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Remarks from Williams have particular weight because as vice chairman of the Fed’s rate-setting committee, he has usually sought to reflect the views of the committee’s center of gravity rather than stating his own position.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

The effect is something like uncanny sketch comedy, dredging laughs from Hansen’s stilted expressions and intense demeanor, regardless of a scene’s emotional gravity.

From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026

El Nino "is changing everything," warned Dominique Crenn, a French-born chef in San Francisco, where Atelier Crenn uses its menu to stress the gravity of the situation to customers.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

This outward force would balance the force of the Earth’s gravity if gravity fell off in accordance with an inverse square law, but Newton did not explicitly state this at the time.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin

The orbit balances the gravities of Earth and the moon and so requires little maneuvering and therefore fuel and allows the satellite - or a space station - to stay in constant contact with Earth.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 6, 2022

The orbit balances the gravities of Earth and the moon and so requires little maneuvering and therefore fuel and allows the satellite — or a space station — to stay in constant contact with Earth.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 5, 2022

The differing gravities of their respective homes have even produced physically distinct populations.

From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2019

We have had no chance to test the idea that the pace of time might depend on the strength of gravity, because we have not experienced radically different gravities.

From Textbooks ● Oct. 13, 2016

As a kindness we remove our friends from the domain of the gravity machine before we dial higher gravities still.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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