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traction

[trak-shuhn] / ˈtræk ʃən /


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Lots of them had been set up several years before, but their content about Ceuta had gained more traction in recent weeks.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

Though it hadn’t received much attention at the time, it began to gain some traction on social media right after Olin settled down in Europe, frequently appearing in short-form videos across Instagram.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

Meanwhile some of China's buzziest AI companies are raising fees as their open-source offerings gain traction among businesses and programmers worldwide.

From Barron's Aug. 10, 2026

The coming U.S. jobs data could influence whether more dovish views gather traction.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

The boy tried to scramble up and run, but he couldn’t get any traction on the squashed turf.

From "Ungifted" by Gordon Korman

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

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

The resultant of these tangential tractions must be a force equal to W, and directed vertically; 150 but the direction of the traction at a point of the cross-section need not in general be vertical.

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

The stress within the bar is shearing stress, consisting, as it must, of two sets of equal tangential tractions on two sets of planes which are at right angles to each other.

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




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