prime mover
Example Sentences
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AI has now gone from a cool toy to a prime mover of both the economy and the stock market.
From Barron's • Oct. 10, 2025
Although Utah sits on the Pac-12’s fault line with Arizona and ASU, we do not expect the Utes to be a prime mover.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 31, 2023
She added he had played a lesser role and was not the prime mover.
From BBC • Jul. 6, 2023
Murdoch’s odds-on successor at the point is probably his son, Lachlan Murdoch, whom some reporters have credited with being the prime mover behind the Carlson decision, along with Suzanne Scott.
From Slate • May 1, 2023
“It is the king who is burning the books, is it not? Well, his mother, Blanche of Castile, is the prime mover, I am sure. But I gather that the king is collaborating enthusiastically.”
From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz
