draw in
Britishverb
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(of hours of daylight) to become shorter
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(of a train) to arrive at a station
Example Sentences
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Netflix has upcoming titles such as “Voicemails for Isabelle,” starring Zoey Deutch and Nick Robinson, and “Roommates,” with Sadie Sandler, to draw in younger movie watchers.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026
Distillate stocks, mostly diesel fuel, decreased by 2.5 million barrels to 116.9 million barrels, versus expectations of a 2.1 million-barrel draw in the Wall Street Journal survey.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026
That correlates with the theory that higher participation rates draw in struggling workers who would otherwise not have saved at all, and then have to take money out when they have shocks.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 4, 2026
"They need to draw in users," said Russian AI expert Arman Tuganbaev, adding that while OpenAI is trying to thwart attempts to create videos of specific people, "second-tier apps will give you that option".
From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026
Noodles would read his comics and draw in his book, and Needles, who at the time was still known as Ricky, would kick freestyle raps about whatever he saw on the street.
From "When I Was the Greatest" by Jason Reynolds
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