in motion

phrase

1
: moving sense 1
a busy person who's always in motion
2
American football, of an offensive player : running parallel to the line of scrimmage before the snap

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Barbecue, as a tangible thing (and an idea) is always in motion. Adrian Miller, Bon Appetit Magazine, 1 July 2026 Eadweard Muybridge, among the first to put pictures in motion, knew by instinct that many of those pictures should contain naked people. Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026 Instead, the marketing team (or the AI) creates a brief that sets everything else in motion. Phoena Pang, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026 Tectonic plates are constantly in motion, and along the San Andreas fault, this movement is at a rate of 1-2 inches per year. New Atlas, 28 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for in motion

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“In motion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20motion. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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