as in pistol
a very energetic person
a dynamo who barely needs to sleep, or so it seems
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Recent Examples of dynamo
These usually form in planetary bodies as a result of a dynamo, in which molten metals in the core start to convect thanks to slowly dissipating heat.
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Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 23 May 2025
The 2025 Tony Awards toasted a Broadway season teeming with delights—and lucky for us, no less a dynamo than Cynthia Erivo was on hand to host.
—Vogue, 9 June 2025
The Ward-Continental-Twinkie baking dynamo had plenty of local competition only blocks away.
—Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 7 June 2025
For example, the swirling dynamo of molten iron and nickel inside Earth generates our planet's field.
—Paul Sutter, Space.com, 5 June 2025
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Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 23 May 2025
The 2025 Tony Awards toasted a Broadway season teeming with delights—and lucky for us, no less a dynamo than Cynthia Erivo was on hand to host.
—Vogue, 9 June 2025
The Ward-Continental-Twinkie baking dynamo had plenty of local competition only blocks away.
—Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 7 June 2025
For example, the swirling dynamo of molten iron and nickel inside Earth generates our planet's field.
—Paul Sutter, Space.com, 5 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for dynamo
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dynamo
Noun
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In the car, officers found a safe, all of the children's passports as well as Jenny Boelter's, about $10,000 in cash, a revolver pistol in the glove box and another semi-automatic pistol in a cooler, the FBI said in the complaint.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
27 June 2025
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He was then stopped again by police in his hometown of Murfreesboro, where police took another pistol off him.—
Sophie Clark,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 June 2025
Noun
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This best-selling Korean formula is made with skin-soothing powerhouses shea butter and murumuru seed butter.—
Clint Davis,
People.com,
11 July 2025
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The Old Dominion is still a business powerhouse, tops for Education, and second best for Infrastructure.—
Scott Cohn,
CNBC,
10 July 2025
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“Dynamo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dynamo. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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