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Synonyms for driving force
driv·ing force

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Princeton's WordNet1.0 / 5 votes

  1. drive, thrust, driving forcenoun

    the act of applying force to propel something

    "after reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off"

    Synonyms:
    stab, driveway, jab, crusade, drive, effort, knife thrust, driving, parkway, thrust, movement, jabbing, thrusting, campaign, ride, cause, private road, poke, push, poking

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How to use driving force in a sentence?

  1. Wouter Sturkenboom:

    I would expect differences in fiscal stimulus to be a driving force for relative performance of currencies this year as it is directly linked to the economic recovery story.

  2. Ann Corcoran:

    The U.S. State Department should not be head-hunting for industry, the driving force is money, not humanitarian.

  3. Mathias Rastorfer:

    The driving force behind this show, behind the art market in general is it’s been more global this year, we’ve seen collectors from Asia, Latin America, some from Russia.

  4. Wolfgang TillmansLawsuits:

    I start work in here at 7 a.m. and then work right through to sometimes eight at night. But overall I am so very lucky as an asthmatic whose parents said that I would always be dependent on them to still be doing it, and finally, I think I need to do it, therapeutically. If we go on holiday, I'm no good at lying on the beach. So there's that driving force, and I'd hate to lose that.

  5. Dana Donofree:

    After my bilateral mastectomy, I found it incredibly difficult to not only find intimates that fit my new body but were beautiful too, i knew I could do better, I wanted to love my new body, no matter what my chest looked like. That feeling was the driving force behind creating AnaOno – unique bras for our unique bodies.


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