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traction

[trak-shuhn] / ˈtræk ʃən /


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But Jaylen Warren should be able to get traction against a New Orleans run defense that’s giving up nearly 150 yards per game.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

Lacking fingers with flexible joints, the robot’s grippers had difficulty getting traction on the smooth surface of the glass.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

So far, Plaid has seen the most traction among fintech lenders who are more apt to try new technologies, the company said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

"We analyse that something is physically strong enough, it's well built enough to survive this environment, it's going to have the traction to drive in this environment," he explained.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

The volunteer fire department was called out by a neighbor, but the pumper truck driver, Edgar Paulsen, lost traction on Indian Knob Hill and had to halt to put on tire chains.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson

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

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

Normal tractions are reckoned as positive when they are tensions, negative when they are pressures.

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

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


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