1
: amount of power expressed in watts
2
: dynamic or mental energy or appeal
the celebrity's high wattage
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Use a bulb with low wattage.
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The game bore more than a little extra wattage because, first, the Queen, pictured above settling into the royals’ customary front row-on-the-court seats in the Royal Box, flanked on her left by the Chair of the All England Tennis and Croquet Club board Deborah Jevens.
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Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 12 July 2025
Higher wattages make louder and less distorted sounds possible without damaging the speaker.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 6 June 2025
Even so, that dimmer wattage does little to dull a film that plays like cine-karaoke — and as any mic fiend can attest, the glory in those moments belongs not to the singer, but the song.
—Ben Croll, IndieWire, 13 May 2025
Rory has a long history of high wattage performance at Quail Hollow, winning here in 2010, 2015, 2021, and 2024, when the event, now under the Truist Championship banner, was sponsored by Wells Fargo.
—Mike Dojc, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
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Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 12 July 2025
Higher wattages make louder and less distorted sounds possible without damaging the speaker.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 6 June 2025
Even so, that dimmer wattage does little to dull a film that plays like cine-karaoke — and as any mic fiend can attest, the glory in those moments belongs not to the singer, but the song.
—Ben Croll, IndieWire, 13 May 2025
Rory has a long history of high wattage performance at Quail Hollow, winning here in 2010, 2015, 2021, and 2024, when the event, now under the Truist Championship banner, was sponsored by Wells Fargo.
—Mike Dojc, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
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“Wattage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wattage. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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wattage
noun
watt·age
ˈwät-ij 
: amount of power expressed in watts
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