force field
noun
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: a special charm, aura, or spirit that can influence anyone in its presence
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: something resembling a force field especially in intensity that restricts or impedes movement toward an area or object
… soldiers … formed an olive-drab force around the launch site.—
Beth Dickey
Beth DickeyLegislators put up a force around the proposed bill.
Examples of force field in a Sentence
an entrepreneur whose force field is intense enough to make you share in his dreams
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Many of the voluminous runway looks create a force field of fabric, acting as a form of protection.
—Kelsey Stewart, Glamour, 20 Oct. 2025
The magnetosphere shields us from the Sun’s solar wind and solar storms, acting like a force field to keep living things safe from the energetic particles released by the Sun.
—Samuel Badman, The Conversation, 6 Oct. 2025
Their result, which appeared in Nature Physics in March, is the first quantum simulation of particles and their quantum force field in 2D, and one of the first successful runs of a full-fledged qudit algorithm.
—Shalma Wegsman, Quanta Magazine, 5 Sep. 2025
The emptiness around it becomes a kind of force field, amplifying its vulnerability.
—Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
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Kelsey Stewart, Glamour, 20 Oct. 2025
The magnetosphere shields us from the Sun’s solar wind and solar storms, acting like a force field to keep living things safe from the energetic particles released by the Sun.
—Samuel Badman, The Conversation, 6 Oct. 2025
Their result, which appeared in Nature Physics in March, is the first quantum simulation of particles and their quantum force field in 2D, and one of the first successful runs of a full-fledged qudit algorithm.
—Shalma Wegsman, Quanta Magazine, 5 Sep. 2025
The emptiness around it becomes a kind of force field, amplifying its vulnerability.
—Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
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“Force field.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/force%20field. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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