NOUN
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an agent that is the cause of all things but does not itself have a cause
God is the first cause
How To Use prime mover In A Sentence
- The proposed new European league, in which Celtic and Rangers are the prime movers, will not just put the his club on a level commercial footing with the major Italian and English ones, but will also be a major stimulant to the Scottish game.
- With Germany, France has been the prime mover behind closer European integration.
- This places the chuckholes and the like in the area between the rear wheels of the prime mover and the wheels of the trailer.
- If Darwin were alive today, he would surely place mankind as the prime mover in global evolution.
- He was a prime mover in the bid to get better pay for West Indian cricketers.
- A throwback to the days of dancefloor jazz, boogaloo and earthy funk, the band's members cut their teeth in the company of prime movers of the genre.
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- The prime movers behind conventional agriculture in the United States have been the land grant colleges, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and more recently large agribusiness firms.
- The prime mover and longtime editor of the encyclopedia is a soft-spoken Anglican Charismatic named David B. Barrett. Oh, Gods!
- He was a prime mover in developing a new style of customer-friendly bookshops in the UK.