How to Use high-voltage in a Sentence
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Her run is the high-voltage gallop of purpose and thrill.
—Julia Daye, Kansas City Star, 15 Feb. 2024
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That means a 160-foot-tall, high-voltage pylon would stand in a farmer’s field about an eighth of a mile from her house.
—Stanley Reed, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2023
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There was even a new high-voltage wiring system to allow for thinner, lighter wiring to save weight.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 25 Dec. 2024
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Many EVs limit the charging voltage when the battery is cold to protect the high-voltage battery.
—Mark Maynard, The Mercury News, 13 Dec. 2024
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In other words, the governor is OK if the high-voltage transmission line gets built.
—Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 29 May 2025
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Pops of high-voltage pinks and blues send a shock wave through the relatively muted palette.
—House Beautiful, 2 Mar. 2023
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Bill Hatch owns a winery that sits near the path of where PJM suggested one high-voltage line could go, though that route is still under review.
—Antonio Olivo, Washington Post, 17 Apr. 2024
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She’s known for her high-voltage blend of Latin, electronic, afro and pop sounds as well as her powerful vocals.
—Randy McMullen, The Mercury News, 14 Feb. 2024
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However, local wind and solar sources don’t need high-voltage power lines and could reduce the need for these lines in the future.
—Tom Zirpoli, Baltimore Sun, 4 Dec. 2024
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Back in 2021, James lost his nose, lips, chin, front teeth and left eye after an accident while working as a high-voltage lineman.
—Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2023
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Once in motion, the concert sparked like a high-voltage power line unmoored from its pole and left to jump uncontrollably in the middle of a street.
—Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2025
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The driver said the temperature was neither too hot nor too cold and a high-voltage battery warning lit up.
—Detroit Free Press, 21 Aug. 2023
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Plus, their safe low-voltage wattage provides the same light as high-voltage options but with less risk and using less energy.
—Christina Shepherd McGuire, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 May 2024
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Above them, shrouded in smoke, was a high-voltage transmission tower.
—John Riha, Discover Magazine, 12 Nov. 2023
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At the same time, Germany will need to speed the construction of high-voltage grids linking wind farms off the coasts in the north to power-hungry factories and cities further south.
—William Wilkes, Bloomberg.com, 25 May 2023
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There have been brief power outages under high-voltage lines, and crews are working on repairs.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 21 Mar. 2025
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There’s also built-in surge protection to prevent high-voltage surges.
—Kristin Braswell, Travel + Leisure, 28 Mar. 2025
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The company revealed that the high-voltage battery may overheat.
—USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2024
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PHEVs have all these plus electric motors, a high-voltage traction battery, and charging to contend with.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 29 Nov. 2023
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To make the plan work, the nation would need thousands of miles of new high-voltage transmission lines — large power lines that would span multiple grid regions.
—Brad Plumer, New York Times, 12 June 2023
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Two were electrocuted to death while hiding in a high-voltage transformer.
—Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2023
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The valve, which appears to have been protected by a chain-link fence topped with barbed wire, is located within a long grassy field where high-voltage power lines run.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 18 Sep. 2024
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Projects have struggled with securing enough labor and high-voltage equipment, the report says.
—Justine Calma, The Verge, 11 Sep. 2024
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This included the removal of the body panels, door panels, windows, solar panels, and the high-voltage system.
—New Atlas, 2 Nov. 2024
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Deliveries of the Taycan EV declined in the past two quarters due to a shortage of special parts including a high-voltage heater.
—BostonGlobe.com, 26 July 2023
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The new high-voltage transmission lines would cross their original home farm, down the road from my grandparents’ old property.
—Riley Robinson, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Mar. 2025
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And Icon surrounds all the components with beefy skid plates and custom armor to protect the motor, batteries, high-voltage wires, and cooling hoses.
—Michael Van Runkle, Robb Report, 2 Apr. 2025
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Tesla also sent a technical expert to the scene to help with high-voltage hazards and fire safety assessments.
—Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 13 Sep. 2024
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Why wasn't the power shut off entirely in these super high-voltage power lines?
—Tonya Mosley, NPR, 5 Jan. 2026
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When high-voltage lines are hit, there are no easy alternatives.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 23 Dec. 2025
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