How to Use at full power in a Sentence

at full power

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  • That said, the one key thing a cordless tool can't do is stay at full power full time.
    The Editors, Outdoor Life, 19 Sep. 2019
  • Heat at full power for about 90 seconds per two pounds of soil.
    Lynn Coulter, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Oct. 2020
  • The lithium battery takes four and a half hours to charge, and lasts about that long at full power.
    Outside Online, 9 Mar. 2022
  • The spot is good for about an 820-ft (250-m) throw at full power.
    New Atlas, 17 Jan. 2026
  • If motion is detected, the light switches on at full power mode.
    Nor'adila Hepburn, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 June 2024
  • The timeline of when I would be fully healed and ready to get back on the ice at full power was unclear.
    Angela Ruggiero, Contributor, CNBC, 12 Aug. 2024
  • Tuesday's display was a glimpse at what the junior midfielder can do at full power.
    J.l. Kirven, The Courier-Journal, 19 Oct. 2022
  • Re-cover tightly, and return to the microwave at full power for 8 more minutes.
    Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2021
  • The keyboard backlighting is extremely bright, and frankly too intense at full power.
    Christopher Null, WIRED, 5 Sep. 2024
  • Unlike last year, the Lightning have captain Steven Stamkos back at full power this time around.
    Carol Schram, Forbes, 28 June 2021
  • The 60d is less expensive by $30 and offers more brightness at full power.
    Stinson Carter, Wired, 14 July 2022
  • The whole system, which can hold five to 12 hours’ worth of electricity discharging at full power, costs a half-million pounds.
    IEEE Spectrum, 12 June 2023
  • Only one run involving tug boats averted the disaster, and even then only when two tugs at full power were tethered to the ship all the way under the bridge.
    USA TODAY, 11 Apr. 2024
  • So black pixels appear truly black, while bright pixels can be run at full power, allowing unsurpassed levels of contrast.
    IEEE Spectrum, 4 Aug. 2022
  • In preparation for completing the record-breaking challenge, the one traveler will spend four weeks on the ground in Nepal over the winter when the jet stream is at full power.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 2 Sep. 2021
  • Three seconds later, the rocket will begin its vertical climb off the launch mount, with its engines capable of producing more than 16 million pounds of thrust at full power.
    Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 4 June 2024
  • Most efficient when running at full power for long periods, the technology was not well suited to the stop-start nature of passenger operation.
    Ben Jones, CNN, 8 June 2021
  • None of these mini nuclear reactors are operating at full power yet, but with the energy-hungry AI boom in full swing, there’s no doubt about demand.
    Chris Dobstaff, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
  • Obviously, not everything will go as planned, and the capacity estimates represent the production that would result if a plant ran non-stop at full power—something no form of power is able to do.
    John Timmer, Ars Technica, 10 Feb. 2023
  • Both motors stay at or below 45 dBA even at full power, something that will genuinely surprise anyone used to the whine of current-generation motors.
    Omar Kardoudi april 10, New Atlas, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Epson rates its laser-phosphor light source at 4,500 ISO lumens and as having a 20,000-hour life at full power.
    PC Magazine, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Engineers have conducted tests with engines and rotors operating at full power inside the tunnel, measuring vibrations, lift, drag, and control response in real-time.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2025
  • In April, engineers discovered that the spacecraft’s ion propulsion thrusters, which rely on electricity provided by solar panels, were not operating at full power.
    Byscience News Staff, science.org, 5 Sep. 2024
  • But others see national politics influencing the call to run the generating stations — including the oldest or dirtiest-burning — at full power for the duration of summer.
    Sibi Arasu, ajc, 1 Apr. 2023
  • Originally expected to happen as early as Sunday, the flight was postponed until no earlier than Wednesday after a problem during a test of spinning the rotor blades at full power.
    BostonGlobe.com, 10 Apr. 2021
  • That's a delay of 11 months on the original date, resulting from a technical issue with its solar panels identified in April that is preventing the spacecraft’s thrusters from operating at full power.
    Jamie Carter, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024
  • By featuring additive and subtractive color mixing in the same image, Kitaoka’s hybrid color scheme accomplishes both dark and light levels of brightness and color, even though each point in the image is blazing at full power.
    Stephen MacKnik, Scientific American, 1 July 2021

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