high-voltage

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Recent Examples of high-voltage How robots detect pain and trigger instant reflexes If force exceeds a preset threshold, the skin generates a high-voltage spike that goes straight to the motors. Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 12 Jan. 2026 For hikers and residents, the steel lattice towers rising from the horizon carrying high-voltage transmission lines up and over the mountains are as recognizable as the bucolic dirt paths, scraggly chapparal, and, at slightly higher elevations, old oaks. Literary Hub, 8 Jan. 2026 Substations take in high-voltage electricity from transmission lines and reduce it to a lower voltage that can be safely carried by distribution lines to homes and businesses. Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2026 Why wasn't the power shut off entirely in these super high-voltage power lines? Tonya Mosley, NPR, 5 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for high-voltage
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Adjective
  • The TikTok tradeoff is dynamic scanning, selecting, and constructing in return for patience, credulity, and willingness to follow direction.
    Ryan Craig, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
  • The robot features strong spatial awareness for navigating dynamic settings, along with active motion and sound tracking to respond to changes in its surroundings.
    Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 22 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • From Fred Astaire to Baz Luhrmann, ballroom dancing has always provided a rich canvas for filmmakers capable of capturing its kinetic beauty.
    Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Here, the versatile actor portrays Mother Ann with kinetic religious fervor and an ethereal quality that all but transfixes you during the course of the 2¼-hour film.
    Randy Myers, Mercury News, 20 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • Seyfried’s performance elevates, even electrifies, the film, as does the decision to replicate Shaker worship through song and movement numbers, all of which are choreographed and performed to a spellbinding extent.
    Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Honey in the Wound is a spellbinding debut about survival, family, magic, and the meaning of home.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • The final minutes of an enthralling, combative contest were played out in relative serenity.
    Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2026
  • With miles of sprawling, sandy deserts, magnificent architecture, and rich culture, Abu Dhabi is an enthralling city.
    Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • And at the end of the night, all roads lead to TBar for an enchanting digestivo under the stars on the hotel’s iconic terrace.
    Todd Plummer, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026
  • The enchanting attraction is home to over 119 caves.
    Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 16 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • His interests reflect both his creativity and his energetic spirit.
    MARE Staff, Boston Herald, 25 Jan. 2026
  • Some 35 times more energetic than any neutrino seen before, the particle might have shot out from a highly active galaxy — a blazar — or a background source of cosmogenic high-energy particles that scientists suspect pervade the cosmos.
    Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 23 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • But smart casting, witty writing, lively directing, and artful character development have also yielded the rare superhero riff that, as Kovak puts it, finds the human underneath.
    Judy Berman, Time, 26 Jan. 2026
  • For 30 minutes, the producers mostly paint with a warm, lively palette, whisking fragments of IDM, ghettotech, and house into a hypnotic swirl.
    Rae-Aila Crumble, Pitchfork, 26 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • For electric vehicles, AI will optimize battery health, charging behavior, and energy usage based on driving habits and environmental conditions.
    Peter Lyon, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Following years defined by supply chain issues, tariffs and vacillating interest for electric vehicles, carmakers are now also dealing with the traditional problems of affordability and cooling consumer demand.
    Alex Harring, CNBC, 26 Jan. 2026

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“High-voltage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/high-voltage. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.

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