as in power
the ability to exert effort for the accomplishment of a task
that architectural firm probably doesn't have the creative horsepower to produce a truly innovative design
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Recent Examples of horsepower
MasterCraft’s main processing engine is Simerics-MP+for Marine, a 3-D CFD tool that provides virtual testing and can predict the performance of the hull design, friction, wave resistance, effective horsepower, self-propelling acceleration, maneuvering, and more.
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Kristin Shaw, Popular Science, 24 Sep. 2025
The Lucid Air also has 819 horsepower and a top speed of 168 miles per hour.
—James Raia, Mercury News, 21 Sep. 2025
The new version cuts roughly 30 minutes from the original, and the 4D immersive elements utilize 750-horsepower fans for the wind effects.
—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 18 Sep. 2025
With an almost 800 horsepower SUV being produced by Lamborghini, what’s not to love?
—Marc D. Grasso, Boston Herald, 18 Sep. 2025
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Kristin Shaw, Popular Science, 24 Sep. 2025
The Lucid Air also has 819 horsepower and a top speed of 168 miles per hour.
—James Raia, Mercury News, 21 Sep. 2025
The new version cuts roughly 30 minutes from the original, and the 4D immersive elements utilize 750-horsepower fans for the wind effects.
—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 18 Sep. 2025
With an almost 800 horsepower SUV being produced by Lamborghini, what’s not to love?
—Marc D. Grasso, Boston Herald, 18 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for horsepower
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This is a sister organization to the Heritage Foundation, the think tank behind Project 2025—a sweeping conservative policy blueprint aimed at reshaping the federal government by expanding presidential power, dismantling parts of the civil service, and rolling back regulations across agencies.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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Additional revelations hint of Kiri's evolving powers, the menacing Quaritch bonding with Varang to help defeat the Na'vi, a spectacular air/sea clash between the Ash People, the RDA, and the Na’vi, and Spider threatening to kill someone offscreen.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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Nightly entertainment, including magic shows and live music, brings energy to the evenings.—
Allison Tibaldi,
USA Today,
27 Sep. 2025
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Rebecca Hall plays Rosenkrantz and Ben Whishaw plays Hujar, who offers a detailed account of his previous day’s activity, involving such idiosyncratic eminences as Susan Sontag and Allen Ginsberg—and the sorts of gamesmanship and intimate tensions that ensnare and frustrate artistic energies.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
26 Sep. 2025
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While this has not been a strength so far this year, I'd be shocked if Andy Reid didn't test the undermanned Ravens front seven -- and have at least a little bit of success.—
Tyler Everett,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Sep. 2025
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Two no-trump shows some interest in game and asks about partner's second suit as well as his strength.—
Deb Harvell,
Arkansas Online,
28 Sep. 2025
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Previous waves of automation mostly replaced muscle; this one replaces judgment.—
Toby Stuart,
Time,
29 Sep. 2025
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Most weight training also raises your heart rate, and most cardio exercises help build muscles throughout your body.—
Heidi Moawad,
Verywell Health,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Horsepower.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horsepower. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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