frictionless

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Recent Examples of frictionless Companies compete for attention, platforms compete for your eyeballs, and now AI makes cognitive outsourcing feel frictionless. Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2026 What was once marketed as a frictionless life on Billionaire’s Row now appears, at least from the outside, to be a bit of a mess. Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 31 Mar. 2026 With his remarkable fourth novel, Transcription, Lerner offers an even more unusual fictional take on our supposedly frictionless world, one that dramatically destabilizes its material (nothing in this book is entirely identical with itself) rather than cataloguing and containing it. Hannah Gold, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026 The change would not be completely frictionless, though. Matt Wyatt, Houston Chronicle, 23 Mar. 2026 Everything is engineered to make traveling with kids feel frictionless. Kinsey Gidick, Travel + Leisure, 15 Mar. 2026 If frictionless facial recognition becomes commonplace, theoretically, ICE is vulnerable to the technology as well. Sarah Jeong, The Verge, 1 Mar. 2026 The boats ride on three narrow metal blades, making a sail practically frictionless. Brittney Melton, NPR, 16 Feb. 2026 Having the right multisite computing privileges to ensure frictionless virtual teamwork is vital. IEEE Spectrum, 30 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for frictionless
Adjective
  • His team found that this Omnistealer was compatible with more than 60 cryptocurrency wallet extensions, including MetaMask and Coinbase; more than 10 password managers, including LastPass; more than 10 web browsers, including Chrome and Firefox; and cloud storage services like Google Drive.
    Jessica Klein, PC Magazine, 11 Apr. 2026
  • How to find AirDrop on Android On compatible Galaxy and Pixel phones, AirDrop takes its place in the standard Quick Share panel for Android, which has long been used for file and data transfers.
    David Nield, Popular Science, 9 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • The measure passed in a post-midnight session by unanimous consent, meaning no members objected.
    CBS News, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
  • The fate of the polling sites at A&T, Elon, UNCG and WCU was left to the State Board of Elections because their respective county boards of elections couldn’t come to unanimous decisions on voting plans.
    Mary Ramsey April 16, Charlotte Observer, 16 Apr. 2026

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“Frictionless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frictionless. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.

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