power station

noun

Examples of power station in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web 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 See all Example Sentences for power station 

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Word History

First Known Use

1887, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of power station was in 1887

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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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