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Recent Examples of horsepower The Spectre is Rolls-Royce’s first all-electric vehicle, powered by two electric motors that make 577 horsepower and having a WLTP range of 329 miles. Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 3 Oct. 2025 The 112 ci PowerPlus V-twin engine delivers 126 horsepower in stock form. Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2025 The engine still produces 149 horsepower (109.5 kW). New Atlas, 23 Sep. 2025 The system delivers 717 horsepower and 738 pound-feet of torque. Tony Leopardo, Mercury News, 22 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for horsepower
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Noun
  • Hanke relates that it was riddled with loopholes that handed the Banco Central de la República Argentina discretionary monetary powers.
    Shawn Tully, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
  • ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.
    Megan O’Matz, ProPublica, 8 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • His big, bright smile, infectious energy and eternal positivity created a presence that continually uplifted others.
    Reice Shipley, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Oct. 2025
  • But sure enough, the artist born Frederick John Philip Gibson enlisted Amy Taylor and company for his drum n’ bass-inflected latest single, harnessing the group’s energy and then exploding it with Gesaffelstein-like sirens and typically all-over-the-place vocal triggers.
    Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Linebacker Zaire Franklin could not care less about the Colts’ strength of schedule.
    James Boyd, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Another important strength of the category may look at first like a contradiction.
    Rebecca Ackermann, The Atlantic, 5 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • His muscles will be worn to the fiber, asked to consistently chase and brake and crowd some of the league’s best perimeter players.
    Joel Lorenzi, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • And this inflatable water mat makes tummy time a blast, while helping little ones develop better balance and stronger core muscles.
    Anja Webb, Parents, 7 Oct. 2025

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“Horsepower.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horsepower. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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