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Recent Examples of penstock Brenda Burman, general manager of the Central Arizona Project, presented a diagram showing the dam’s eight large tubes, called penstocks, that water normally passes through, as well as the smaller outlet pipes that enable water releases at low reservoir levels. Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2024 River water entered the powerhouse and fell down a system of 140-foot vertical pipes, called penstocks, one for each generator. Charles R. Morris, WSJ, 21 June 2018 The penstock flows powered the turbines that turned shafts activating the top-side generators. Charles R. Morris, WSJ, 21 June 2018 The reservoir can also be lowered by discharges through the dam’s power plant, but one of the two power plant outlets, known as penstocks, was shut down for routine maintenance of turbines. Ralph Vartabedian, latimes.com, 10 May 2017 Equipment: An intake gate called a penstock, valves and pressure gauges, turbine, switchgear, inverter, and electronics. Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 6 Feb. 2017
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Noun
  • The facility is also required to inspect the ponds, pumps and pipes in the system, fix or replace any issues and submit their reports to the water board.
    Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 June 2025
  • The power consumption and capital costs associated with the infrastructure AI demands also apply to the pipes that connect everything, from the wired infrastructure to the cellular and satellite networks that pull it all together and enable AI outputs to be used in real-world applications.
    Charles Yeomans, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
Noun
  • By now, the show has become a reliably authentic dialogue within the Black community — during the past two presidential elections, Charlamagne was the go-to conduit between Democratic politicians and undecided Black voters.
    Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 23 June 2025
  • The Strait of Hormuz, which passes along the Iranian coast, is a conduit for about one-fifth of global oil supplies.
    Niall Stanage, The Hill, 18 June 2025
Noun
  • Its off-size pre-rolls come in stylish green or white tins and tubes, while its charitable arm, the Bailey Legacy Fund, supports local animal rescues.
    Javier Hasse, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
  • Serum tubes with blood samples from patients are processed in the central medical laboratory of the St. Georg Clinic in Leipzig.
    Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 June 2025
Noun
  • Effective channels include leadership meetings, QBRs and internal newsletters. 5.
    Omer Glass, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
  • But not all vessels carry VHF radios, and some recreational users may not monitor those channels closely.
    Bethany Wales, Sacbee.com, 25 June 2025

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“Penstock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/penstock. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.

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