drawing power

noun

: the ability to attract a lot of people to a performance, event, etc.
The team has a lot of drawing power.

Examples of drawing power in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Asus' foldable doesn't have an integrated battery, instead drawing power from a connected laptop or powerbank. Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 14 Jan. 2024 The complexity of drawing power from elsewhere becomes more challenging when the reason for the grid failure isn’t mere demand, but damage—the kind that major weather can wreak. WIRED, 27 June 2023 The company says its plug is already the de facto national standard due to its market share, and that its port is lighter and more efficient at drawing power than CCS. Emily Dreibelbis, PCMAG, 26 June 2023 Rather than drawing power from an energy grid like a plug-in hybrid or battery electric car, a fuel-cell vehicle converts gaseous hydrogen into electricity by using an on-board fuel cell. Nick Kurczewski, Car and Driver, 12 May 2023 That's because the GPU will automatically start drawing power when the browser is launched. Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 1 Mar. 2023

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“Drawing power.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drawing%20power. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.

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