: one that moves or sets something in motion
especially
: one whose business or occupation is the moving of household goods from one residence to another
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Rumours abound, with everyone from a lefty who can play both sides, to a puck mover with speed, to (more recently) another round of Philadelphia Flyers trade rumblings (Rasmus Ristolainen?).
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Allan Mitchell, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
Those giants are the Big Bland Box Stores of sound—smooth movers in bulk with often minimal marginal returns to musicians.
—Spin Staff, SPIN, 9 Jan. 2025
Until a few years ago, Britain was the undisputed capital of fashion e-commerce, the home of first movers Net-a-porter, Farfetch, Matches and Asos, which were building tech empires and competing with one another on breadth of offer, speed of delivery and international reach.
—Tianwei Zhang, WWD, 6 Jan. 2025
Świątek, who had just relinquished the No. 1 spot, is one of the few players who can rival Gauff as a mover, and her disciplined, suffocating ground strokes can seem engineered to break down Gauff’s forehand.
—Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2025
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Allan Mitchell, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
Those giants are the Big Bland Box Stores of sound—smooth movers in bulk with often minimal marginal returns to musicians.
—Spin Staff, SPIN, 9 Jan. 2025
Until a few years ago, Britain was the undisputed capital of fashion e-commerce, the home of first movers Net-a-porter, Farfetch, Matches and Asos, which were building tech empires and competing with one another on breadth of offer, speed of delivery and international reach.
—Tianwei Zhang, WWD, 6 Jan. 2025
Świątek, who had just relinquished the No. 1 spot, is one of the few players who can rival Gauff as a mover, and her disciplined, suffocating ground strokes can seem engineered to break down Gauff’s forehand.
—Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2025
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“Mover.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mover. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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mover
noun
mov·er
ˈmü-vər 
: one that moves or sets something in motion
especially
: a person or company that moves the belongings of others from one home to another
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