propulsive
Example Sentences
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It doesn’t look particularly good, but for a pulpy, propulsive action series, it may have potential.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026
After re-entry the booster reignited its engines and performed a controlled, propulsive splashdown.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026
That’s the basic plot of Kathryn Bigelow’s A House of Dynamite, a propulsive thriller distributed by Netflix and available to stream since October.
From Slate • Mar. 13, 2026
His first major recording boasted startlingly propulsive performances of Beethoven’s Fifth and Seventh Symphonies, with the uproarious Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela, recorded 20 years ago this month.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026
“If there were any way to get asymmetric forces out of that, where you get force in one direction and not the other, you’d get a propulsive force.’
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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