drawing power
noun
: the ability to attract a lot of people to a performance, event, etc.
The team has a lot of drawing power.
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These reports measure usage in 15-minute intervals that can give clues about the types of appliances drawing power inside each home.
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Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 22 July 2025
Notre Dame’s home slate of ACC opponents had begun to lack drawing power, with Florida State and Miami down.
—Pete Sampson, New York Times, 9 July 2025
The system is computer-controlled to maintain a constant main rotor speed, drawing power from a parallel hybrid setup.
—David Blekhman, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
One is for drawing power from an external source, just like every other EV.
—Ars Technica, 16 Jan. 2025
When the base station and the tablet are connected, either Thunderbolt 4 port on the base station works for charging, with the batteries in both the tablet and base station drawing power simultaneously.
—PCMAG, 17 Dec. 2024
Movies often live or die by their stars — their charisma and drawing power — but a set is a massive operation that employs hundreds of people.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 3 May 2024
Potential large-scale use of the technology would require drawing power from the grid.
—Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 25 Apr. 2024
Asus' foldable doesn't have an integrated battery, instead drawing power from a connected laptop or powerbank.
—Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 14 Jan. 2024
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Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 22 July 2025
Notre Dame’s home slate of ACC opponents had begun to lack drawing power, with Florida State and Miami down.
—Pete Sampson, New York Times, 9 July 2025
The system is computer-controlled to maintain a constant main rotor speed, drawing power from a parallel hybrid setup.
—David Blekhman, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
One is for drawing power from an external source, just like every other EV.
—Ars Technica, 16 Jan. 2025
When the base station and the tablet are connected, either Thunderbolt 4 port on the base station works for charging, with the batteries in both the tablet and base station drawing power simultaneously.
—PCMAG, 17 Dec. 2024
Movies often live or die by their stars — their charisma and drawing power — but a set is a massive operation that employs hundreds of people.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 3 May 2024
Potential large-scale use of the technology would require drawing power from the grid.
—Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 25 Apr. 2024
Asus' foldable doesn't have an integrated battery, instead drawing power from a connected laptop or powerbank.
—Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 14 Jan. 2024
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“Drawing power.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drawing%20power. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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