driver

Example Sentences

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The recent energy shock isn’t the most important driver of inflation dynamics, he noted; core inflation, which excludes energy and food prices, was rising before the war, and there are reasons to think it persists.

From MarketWatch • May 30, 2026

Hoey, who also works as a bus driver and photographer, said being blacklisted as a result of speaking out was a fear.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

The answer is artificial intelligence, which seems to be the driver behind most market moves these days.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

A concert by film-score composer Hans Zimmer in Germany was a particularly strong driver of live entertainment earnings, Eventim’s chief executive officer Klaus-Peter Schulenberg told an investor call.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

Or, if they were Pelicarnassus, they rode in limousines with a private driver employed by their mother.

From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness