high-powered

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Recent Examples of high-powered The Patriots’ offense was not as efficient or high-powered in last Sunday’s win over the Falcons when Stevenson and Boutte were not on the field. Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 7 Nov. 2025 Michelle is high-powered enough to have appeared on the covers of Time and Forbes, and to have been photographed with another famous Michelle (Obama). Justin Chang, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025 Through three weeks, University City boasted one of the most efficient and high-powered offenses in San Diego County. Clark Fahrenthold, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Sep. 2025 Meyers would help make the Minnesota offense one of the most high-powered and dangerous in the NFL. Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for high-powered
Recent Examples of Synonyms for high-powered
Adjective
  • Certainly, the images themselves are striking and dramatic, defined by strong shadows and a dynamic sensibility, with bodies constantly in motion.
    Amy Reyes, Miami Herald, 14 May 2026
  • Many stayed, putting down roots that grew into multigenerational farming families who continue to shape the region’s dynamic food scene.
    Vivian Chung, Travel + Leisure, 14 May 2026
Adjective
  • My Costa Rican Hammam Experience included a vigorous scrub-down on a marble slab in the steamy hammam that used a Costa Rican coffee bean exfoliator for a local twist, followed by a heavenly massage.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 May 2026
  • Many hostas are more vigorous and show their best colors when given some exposure to sun (such as morning sun with afternoon shade).
    Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2026
Adjective
  • Over the next decade, the PCOS community underwent the most robust and extensive disease-renaming process in history.
    Annalisa Merelli, STAT, 12 May 2026
  • JPMorgan initiates Kailera Therapeutics as overweight JPMorgan says the biotech company has a robust pipeline.
    Michael Bloom, CNBC, 12 May 2026
Adjective
  • With the House vote on Monday, Duterte, who comes from one of the country’s most prominent political dynasties, became the first official in the Southeast Asian country’s history to be impeached twice.
    Chad de Guzman, Time, 11 May 2026
  • In a hall occasionally pierced by air-raid sirens warning of Russian strikes, the event has united Ukraine’s most prominent galleries, artists, collectors, and cultural institutions.
    ABC News, ABC News, 11 May 2026
Adjective
  • Short but sweet Jacksonville took advantage of perhaps the most famous offseason haircut with quarterback Trevor Lawrence getting his long locks cut short on camera after introducing the Jaguars’ schedule that then plays out on the screen edited down to less than 2 minutes.
    Teresa M. Walker, Chicago Tribune, 15 May 2026
  • To paraphrase the famous musical title, a funny thing happened on the way to the upfronts this year.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 14 May 2026
Adjective
  • Hsu’s character Kristen is an energetic surfer, who finds joy and freedom in the ocean.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 11 May 2026
  • The central region of Messier 77 is dominated by an extremely compact and energetic source that outshines the rest of the galaxy combined, even challenging the sensitivity of the James Webb Space Telescope itself.
    Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 10 May 2026
Adjective
  • The center, which opened in 1915, was originally commissioned by renowned La Jolla philanthropist Ellen Browning Scripps and designed by famed architect Irving Gill.
    Ashley Mackin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2026
  • But even larger numbers of socially conservative white working-class voters in Wales, Scotland and northern England — the traditional bedrock of Labour’s support — switched to Reform, the insurgent party founded by Nigel Farage, the renowned Brexit campaigner.
    Ian King, CNBC, 13 May 2026
Adjective
  • The helmets, made with unfixed chalk, were visually forceful but materially fragile, holding protection and vulnerability in the same frame.
    Emilie Hardman, JSTOR Daily, 6 May 2026
  • Yet Obama was an early and forceful critic of that tendency.
    Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 1 May 2026

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“High-powered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/high-powered. Accessed 18 May. 2026.

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