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self-propelling

  • a variation of self-propelled.
    self-propelled
    adjective
    propelled by itself.
  • a word derived from self-propelled.
    self-propelled
    adjective
    propelled by itself.

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"Nano-engineered self-propelling particles can be used for a variety of industrial and drug delivery applications, and we think there are potential insights that will come from these results," Sigala says.

From Science Daily Mar. 19, 2026

Big Tech is falling into a vortex of self-propelling errors that’s had the effect of polluting the entire digital information ecosystem.

From Slate Nov. 1, 2024

It's a self-propelling, extremely flexible, highly steerable robot, according to Deepak Trivedi, a mechanical engineer at GE Research.

From BBC Apr. 11, 2023

But so was the edge that only the Lakers could claim: The self-propelling feeling that comes when a team has found itself.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 6, 2023

The wheels belonged to an invalid chair, used by Captain Copplestone when the gout held him prisoner, a self-propelling chair, in which the captain could make his way where he pleased.

From Run to Earth A Novel by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon

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