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The benefits for advertisers who reduce friction in the consumer journey are numerous, and they include the following outcomes.

From Digiday

Governments are also reducing the frictions, fees, and charges that bog down the system.

There is only pressure and friction on the surface of the wing—also on the rest of the aircraft, but for the purposes of thinking about gliding, it’s enough to consider only the wing.

Using a computer model, the team then calculated the friction each pattern would produce on ice, vinyl or hardwood floors.

That reduces friction and lets the molecules slide past each other more easily.

Higher shipping costs mean additional friction for companies working in the Canadian oil sands.

But as Garfield on television gained in popularity, the Peanuts connection became a source of friction.

The friction between Israelis and Palestinians is more than 60 years old, with the UN in the middle.

Due to heavy friction with the producers, the project fell through.

The media is going to want a horse race, and it is going to create friction between the base and her record.

The controlling leaders being out of gear the machine did not run smoothly: there was nothing but friction and tension.

There were usually six joints or sources of friction, between the key and the pallet.

This, of course, increased the friction and necessitated the use of a still stronger spring.

This of itself, without the friction, or load of water, is far more duty than ever was done before by an engine.

Meanwhile great friction arose between the general and his new commander-in-chief.

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On this page you'll find 95 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to friction, such as: agitation, erosion, irritation, resistance, abrasion, and attrition.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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