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driving force
The impetus, power, or energy behind something in motion, as in He was clearly the driving force in the new administration. This term transfers the force that sets in motion an engine or vehicle to other enterprises. Ralph Waldo Emerson was among the first to use it figuratively (English Traits, 1856): “The ability of its journals is the driving force.”
Example Sentences
The neighbourhood committees that were the driving force of the civic revolution are clinging to life.
It was the driving force behind the Mexican-American War and subsequent robbing of land from the Mexicans who decided to stay in the conquered territory.
As Todd S. Purdum relates in his intimate, often poignant biography, Arnaz was the driving force behind the show and a pioneer of early television.
"What we don't have is a clear anti-poverty agenda that is the driving force of policy change."
But what does one do when her friend has been the driving force behind her whole career?
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