powered

Definition of powerednext
past tense of power

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Recent Examples of powered Inside, the Ingenieur Automatic 40 is powered by the in-house Caliber 32111, offering a robust 120-hour power reserve—an engineering feat that mirrors the endurance and performance demanded on the track. Carol Besler, Robb Report, 3 Oct. 2025
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Verb
  • Amber*, a digital marketing manager for a restaurant group, generated several million dollars in revenue through online promotions her first two years on the job.
    Chris Lipp, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Yet the primary data required for compliance—fiber origin, material composition, chemical inputs—are generated and held upstream by suppliers and processors.
    Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 28 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Infamously, a February 2024 story published by Bloomberg suggested that Panera Bread restaurants, owned by Newsom donor and former high school classmate Greg Flynn, would be exempt from a fast-food minimum-wage increase due to provisions pushed by the governor.
    Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Missouri Automobile Dealers Association CEO Doug Smith said the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the move to online car shopping and pushed dealers to offer home delivery of vehicles and other perks aimed at making things faster and easier for consumers.
    Summer Ballentine, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Schneider Electric’s future North American headquarters at Winthrop Center uses digital controls to consume 60% less electricity than a typical Boston office building, easing strain on a grid already buckling under the weight of data centers, electric vehicles, and electrified heating.
    Alan Ohnsman, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
  • For more than three decades, Eliminator, a tribute band from Chicago, has electrified audiences with a coast-to-coast celebration of ZZ Top’s iconic sound and style.
    Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Your mind and soul will be energized!
    Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 31 Jan. 2026
  • The launch of the iPhone 17 family of phones has clearly energized a business that had started to slow.
    Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 30 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Lemon was charged in Los Angeles Friday afternoon on allegations of conspiring to violate someone’s constitutional rights and alleged FACE Act violations.
    Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 31 Jan. 2026
  • Austin Lynch, 18, of Nesconset, is charged with murder for allegedly fatally shooting Emily Finn, 18, of Sayville.
    Katie Houlis, CBS News, 31 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Multiple aircraft, cutters and small boats searched 1,047 square miles over 24 hours, finding debris near the location where the EPIRB was activated, along with one body and an unoccupied life raft that had been deployed.
    Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Before the recent snowstorm, the city activated PlowNYC, a real-time map showing when every street in the city was last plowed.
    Naaman Zhou, New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • But videos of the incident do not show Pretti brandishing a gun, and one video appears to show an officer removing a gun from Pretti's waistband just moments before another agent fired the first shot.
    Jennifer Jacobs, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Consequently, those trapped either faced burning alive by the fire or death by bullets fired from the outside.
    Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Some women have switched from generic medication to available brand names, which costs them as much as $300 a month and are not covered by insurance.
    Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 3 Feb. 2026
  • For a second pass, Union switched to Jude’s Haze pumps with a charcoal gray coat cut like a long blazer.
    Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 3 Feb. 2026

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“Powered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/powered. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.

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