kindlings

noun

plural of kindling
as in fuels

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  1. fuels
  2. energies
  3. propellants
  4. powers
Noun
  • This neglect creates a ceiling for employee growth and fuels disengagement, highlighting a strategic failure to invest in a vital capability layer.
    — Cindy Rodriguez Constable, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Nigerian energy retailers called for the state to create local strategic reserves of petrol and other fuels to buffer from supply shocks in the global oil market.
    — Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 31 July 2026
Definition of fuels
Noun
  • Woolf, who desired a palate cleanser after finishing her experimental novel The Waves, focused her energies on the life story of the poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s cocker spaniel.
    — Rachel Vorona Cote, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026
  • Piñón also proposes the use of renewable energies, such as solar, and producing ethanol from sugarcane, as Brazil does.
    — Sarah Moreno, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026
Definition of energies
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  • Pressurized helium is routinely used in rockets to push propellants to engines and to help clean and dry tanks and propellant lines when needed.
    — William Harwood, CBS News, 19 Mar. 2026
Definition of propellants
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  • The bankruptcy courts and bankruptcy trustees have very strong powers to claw assets back into the bankruptcy estate.
    — Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • That’s the first sign that in this universe, Bert really is a wizard with magical powers.
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of powers
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