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traction

[trak-shuhn] / ˈtræk ʃən /


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They have recently gained traction through import shops, although U.S. safety and emissions regulations restrict sales to models at least 25 years old.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026

But until their offense gets some semblance of traction, it’s hard to pick them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2026

These included a field trip to Hormuz that gained a lot of traction and a futuristic look at what AI might mean in practice.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026

The project, a spin-off of the #MenToo awareness campaign that gained widespread traction in India in 2019, invites men to “join us in the fight for truth, fairness, and justice,” Wiley wrote on the website.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

He trudged ahead, trying to maintain traction on the ice-crusted snow.

From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer

In addition to Patagonia products, the store will stock DaKine tractions pads and leashes, Ocean Minded sandals, Nixon watches, Smith sunglasses, and a large selection of surfboard fins.

From Time Magazine Archive

When he died in 1915 he left a fortune of over $30,000,000 largely made out of banking, sugar, rubber, public utilities, tractions.

From Time Magazine Archive

She often worked in the front seat of theii Chevrolet, parked away from the dis tractions of home.

From Time Magazine Archive

For example, a cubical block may be subjected to opposing tractions on opposite faces acting in directions which are parallel to an edge of the cube and to both the faces.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" by Various

Oblique tractions can always be resolved, by the vector law, into normal and tangential tractions.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" by Various


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