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Recent Examples of powered
Eco Effort All Maybourne London hotels are powered by 100% renewable electricity, and a solar power farm in Essex is underway.
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 June 2026
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
Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 June 2026
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for powered
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This horoscope was generated automatically using information from Sanctuary.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
18 June 2026
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Swells generated by Arthur are likely to cause life-threatening surf and rip current conditions along the northwestern Gulf Coast for the next day or two.—
MIAMI HERALD HURRICANE BOT,
Miami Herald,
18 June 2026
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The up-tempo, run-and-gun offense made the team Hollywood stars, helped furnish The Forum with five championship banners and pushed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to the top of the all-time scoring list.—
Matthew Rodriguez,
CBS News,
17 June 2026
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Trump first pushed for the creation of the garden in 2020 through an executive order so that it could be completed by July 4, 2026.—
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy,
USA Today,
17 June 2026
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The video and the SCE data offer proof that the 100-year-old line, which hadn’t been used since the early 1970s, became re-electrified and sparked the fire that killed 19 people and destroyed thousands of homes in Altadena and surrounding areas, attorneys say.—
Tony Saavedra,
Daily News,
10 June 2026
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Skilled workers electrified rural America one pole at a time.—
Jacqueline Munis,
Fortune,
10 June 2026
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Pedro Pizarro, chief executive of Edison International, later said that a leading theory of the fire’s ignition was that the idle line became energized briefly through induction, sparking the fire.—
Melody Petersen,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2026
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Pack water and snacks to keep passengers and pets energized during the drive and take breaks to hydrate and stretch — but don't leave young children, pets or older adults alone in the car even for a few minutes.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
8 June 2026
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Samad Taylor was called up on June 3 and charged with putting a charge in the Padres.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 June 2026
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That same week, a 17-year-old was charged with assault, reckless endangerment, and handgun violations after injuring his 14-year-old relative in a shooting.—
CBS Baltimore Staff,
CBS News,
14 June 2026
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Once activated, this anti-nausea band releases a specific pattern of pulses that stimulate the median nerve under the skin.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 June 2026
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Get complimentary subscriptions to Apple TV and Apple Music for a minimum of one year when activated by June 22, 2027, a value of $288 annually.—
Jason Stauffer,
CNBC,
16 June 2026
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The chief told The Times the officer who fired the shot was no longer on the force, and the district attorney’s office was reviewing whether the behavior was criminal in nature.—
Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
16 June 2026
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In 1998, Henryk Kasperczak was fired after losing 2-0 to England and 1-0 to Colombia.—
Sam Joseph,
New York Times,
16 June 2026
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But Cape Verde simply did not wilt in a solid, switched-on 4-5-1 defensive shape, compressing space between the lines and defending heroically in their own penalty area to keep the European Champions at bay, and committing only one foul in the process — the fewest ever recorded in a World Cup game.—
Thom Harris,
New York Times,
16 June 2026
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The pair then left, switched vehicles and returned about an hour before Jeremy arrived home.—
Roni Jacobson,
New York Daily News,
16 June 2026
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“Powered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/powered. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.
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