mainspring
Example Sentences
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The Fountain’s tradition of extending a wide communal embrace, welcoming underrepresented voices and addressing urgent social concerns, is clearly going to be a mainspring of Caldwell’s leadership.
From Los Angeles Times
Its hairspring, mainspring, ruby bearings and a few other parts were sourced from Switzerland.
From Los Angeles Times
The question of appropriation is the editorial mainspring of “The Dolphin Letters.”
From The New Yorker
This was the mainspring of the anti-liberal revolt in the region.
From The Guardian
There was a box for the mainsprings, a box for the hammers, a box for the faceplates and a box for the gunpowder pans.
From BBC
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