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momentum

[moh-men-tuhm] / moʊˈmɛn təm /


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After scoring 33 unanswered points in a spell at Wigan, Wakefield simply brought that momentum with them to Old Trafford as they absolutely bossed the first half, stretching that streak to 52 points.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

That, coupled with a big sack from sophomore defensive lineman Kingston Jimmerson, killed the momentum on the visitors’ final drive.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

However, Warrington could not score again with that momentum.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

However, there are signs that employment growth is losing momentum, raising questions about how long the jobs market can withstand a prolonged period of high energy prices and tighter monetary policy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

The entire momentum of her body went into a sharp twist, literally forcing Stubble Chin into trying a backflip.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

"Their momenta are not scattered but simply exchanged between collision partners. Each atom's momentum remains conserved -- it can only be passed on, never lost."

From Science Daily ● Jan. 7, 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

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

The set of all the particles' positions and momenta we call the steam's microstate.

From Scientific American ● Apr. 20, 2020

The proof of this fundamental proposition rests entirely on the following momenta of argument.

From The Critique of Pure Reason by John Miller Dow Meiklejohn

"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

Yes; I have the most weight, he the greatest velocity; so that upon the whole our momentums are equal.

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




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