drift
Example Sentences
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Without a stable point to settle, they drift away instead of forming a conductive bridge.
From Science Daily • Apr. 7, 2026
As long as inflation expectations stayed anchored around its 2% target and the labor market wasn’t tight, it believed inflation would drift back to 2%.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026
But its humor is rooted in that hazy 1970s sense of drift, when boredom and isolation start to blur together and nothing feels especially urgent, even when it probably should.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026
What kind of economy is India building - one that can match rising aspirations with real opportunity, or one that leaves millions navigating underemployment and drift?
From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026
If I wanted to persuade you of continental drift, for example, I would point you to the classic papers on paleomagnetism and we could then go and make our measurements in the field.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.