drawing power
noun
: the ability to attract a lot of people to a performance, event, etc.
The team has a lot of drawing power.
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When the base station and the tablet are connected, either Thunderbolt 4 port on the base station works for charging, with the batteries in both the tablet and base station drawing power simultaneously.
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PCMAG, 17 Dec. 2024
Movies often live or die by their stars — their charisma and drawing power — but a set is a massive operation that employs hundreds of people.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 3 May 2024
Potential large-scale use of the technology would require drawing power from the grid.
—Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 25 Apr. 2024
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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PCMAG, 17 Dec. 2024
Movies often live or die by their stars — their charisma and drawing power — but a set is a massive operation that employs hundreds of people.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 3 May 2024
Potential large-scale use of the technology would require drawing power from the grid.
—Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 25 Apr. 2024
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 30 Dec. 2024.
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