wind farm

noun

: an area of land with a cluster of wind turbines for driving electrical generators

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Expanding where traditional wind cannot Beyond cost and speed, the company’s compact and modular turbines open doors to locations that are often off-limits to large wind farms. Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 2 Jan. 2026 The Administration has also sought to halt wind projects that previously received permits, including through an order to pause the construction of five wind farms off the East Coast last week. Connor Greene, Time, 1 Jan. 2026 Healey is now joining other Northeast governors reacting to the decision to pause the wind farm projects. Tim Dunn, Boston Herald, 24 Dec. 2025 The majority of wind farms are located onshore in the Great Plains, with Texas, Kansas, Oklahoma, Iowa and Illinois, Matthew Lackner, a professor of mechanical and industrial engineering at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, told ABC News. Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 23 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for wind farm

Word History

First Known Use

1973, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of wind farm was in 1973

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“Wind farm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wind%20farm. Accessed 6 Jan. 2026.

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