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Cell phone towers, water pipelines, and electric power stations are similarly under assault.
—Vince Beiser, WIRED, 22 Aug. 2024
Houthi spokesperson Mohammed Abdulsalam said the strikes had also hit civilian targets and a power station.
—Sophie Tanno, CNN, 21 July 2024
The provinces most aggressively closing their coal plants tend to be those such as Guangdong, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang, which do not boast large coal-mining operations and where coal power stations employ a tiny fraction of the workforce compared with other industries.
—Andrew S. Erickson, Foreign Affairs, 13 Apr. 2021
In 1977, before even winning power, the Tory MP Nicholas Ridley had drawn up a plan to defeat the NUM by stockpiling coal for power stations, and building up a powerful police presence: officers were mobilised from forces across the country.
—The Week Uk, theweek, 24 Mar. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1887, in the meaning defined above
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“Power station.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/power%20station. Accessed 9 Sep. 2024.
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