momentum
Example Sentences
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That little ritual of completing something starts to create momentum.
At that point, liquidity would be running thinner, he said, and it would take less momentum “to push prices up as it would on any other trading day.”
From Barron's
It took prizes for best feature, director and cinematography, the kind of haul that suggests real momentum.
From Los Angeles Times
Period drama "Train Dreams" took home the Spirit Awards win for best feature Sunday, as both it and "The Secret Agent" gathered momentum ahead of the Academy Awards.
From Barron's
“If the CEO doesn’t get momentum both internally with operating performance and also with investors, then boards are more impatient even than they were.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.