propulsive
adjective
pro·pul·sive
prə-ˈpəl-siv 
: tending or having power to propel
propulsive force
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Later, when recording with Jackson, Jones also employed the latest keyboard and programming technology to make propulsive records that still cut through at radio three decades later.
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Elias Leight, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2024
Only two years later, James McAvoy returns to horror with an all-star remake that pedals down on some of the bleakness to create something much more deliriously propulsive.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 5 Oct. 2024
The screenwriter Peter Straughan and the director Edward Berger (whose previous movie, All Quiet on the Western Front, landed a Best Picture Oscar nomination) have constructed a propulsive psychological thriller that doubles as a blatant election-year allegory.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 30 Oct. 2024
This method makes the doc easy to follow for those unfamiliar with contemporary Japanese society while giving Black Box Diaries the propulsive rhythm of, ironically, a procedural.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Oct. 2024
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Elias Leight, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2024
Only two years later, James McAvoy returns to horror with an all-star remake that pedals down on some of the bleakness to create something much more deliriously propulsive.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 5 Oct. 2024
The screenwriter Peter Straughan and the director Edward Berger (whose previous movie, All Quiet on the Western Front, landed a Best Picture Oscar nomination) have constructed a propulsive psychological thriller that doubles as a blatant election-year allegory.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 30 Oct. 2024
This method makes the doc easy to follow for those unfamiliar with contemporary Japanese society while giving Black Box Diaries the propulsive rhythm of, ironically, a procedural.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Oct. 2024
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“Propulsive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/propulsive. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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