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in motion

ADJECTIVE
begun
Synonyms
STRONG
going happening initiated proceeding working
WEAK
in process in progress operational operative under way
Antonyms
WEAK
latent prospective
ADJECTIVE
circulating
Synonyms
STRONG
circling moving rotating
WEAK
ambient circulatory current diffusive fluid
Antonyms
WEAK
motionless stationary still
ADJECTIVE
headed
Synonyms
STRONGEST
en route
STRONG
aimed directed going moving started
WEAK
on the way to pointed toward slated for
Antonyms
WEAK
disembarked landed stopping

Example Sentences

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Gas flowing inward and the pull of gravity create angular momentum, setting these systems in motion.

From Science Daily • May 7, 2026

Hillary Clinton, Obama’s first secretary of state, was among the figures who helped set the administration’s Iran talks in motion.

From Slate • May 1, 2026

Not Brody, whose chiseled, wiry presence is ever in motion, flailing, ducking, wincing, yearning.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026

Feinberg helped set in motion the administration’s new defense budget, a $441 billion increase over last year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

The box’s atoms are wiggling around, and they will bump the banana’s atoms and set them in motion again.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife