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momentum

[moh-men-tuhm] / moʊˈmɛn təm /


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“We’re learning that there’s more momentum in the economy: It keeps growing at 2% no matter what you throw at it, and inflation stays elevated,” said Robert Fry, a Delaware-based independent economic consultant.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 12, 2026

It looked for a spell that the 39-year-old may be denied his first meeting with England when Switzerland held the momentum in Saturday's quarter-final - but Argentina eventually ran out 3-1 winners in extra time.

From BBC Jul. 12, 2026

A momentum stock strategy is one that periodically adjusts toward stocks that have risen the most over the previous year.

From MarketWatch Jul. 10, 2026

This was "despite initial positive momentum from our newly introduced, locally developed electric vehicles there," he added.

From Barron's Jul. 10, 2026

As he hugged the slimy, soft column, his momentum sent him and the slimy thing flying forward, slapping them both up against the back of the giant’s mouth.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley

The angular momenta tied to its lattice vibrations combined in a way that produced a new rotation moving at twice the frequency but in the opposite direction.

From Science Daily May 24, 2026

But it rides on a brilliantly tuned air suspension with adaptive dampers to tie down rebellious momenta.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 24, 2025

For example, such measurements are made with detectors at the Large Hadron Collider or instruments called mass spectrometers that use such information to calculate the masses and momenta of particles, ions and molecules.

From Scientific American Oct. 21, 2021

Physicists once assumed that if you inverted all the particles’ positions—swapping left and right, up and down, forward and back—and reverse all their momenta, the universe should work just the same.

From Science Magazine Feb. 5, 2021

On the other hand, what momenta of true religious thought have these ideals embraced?

From The Religious Sentiment Its Source and Aim: A Contribution to the Science and Philosophy of Religion by Brinton, Daniel Garrison

"Differing momentums appear at different positions on the detector. Put more simply, the different directions in which the electrons move in a layer are represented by corresponding dots on the detector," said Elmers.

From Science Daily Feb. 15, 2024

He says he rarely questions the root of his attraction to cars, the solitary driver and the twin momentums of fate and purpose.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 15, 2023

But after their six years together individual momentums are forcing a group hiatus.

From New York Times Jul. 27, 2012

Although clocking at 40 minutes, you will find just seven post-rock songs that go from slow psychedelic notes to big momentums of distortion, noise and epic choruses.

From The Guardian Aug. 17, 2011

They may, notwithstanding, be very unequal in weight, but they must be so situated, that, if set in motion, their momentums would be equal.

From Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained by Jones, Thomas P.




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