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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.
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Carol Besler, Robb Report, 3 Oct. 2025
Carol Besler, Robb Report, 3 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for powered
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The book was completed months before Anthropic’s redlines generated new interest in autonomous-drone swarms and killer robots, but even then the writing was on the wall.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
15 Apr. 2026
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The splitter, which generated a 50 percent whiff rate Tuesday, is practically unsolvable.—
Katie Woo,
New York Times,
15 Apr. 2026
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Tornado sirens, cell phone alerts, high winds and pounding rain woke up Michigan residents as severe weather pushed through the state overnight Tuesday.—
Paula Wethington,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2026
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The fighting has pushed many people into famine, caused a huge displacement crisis and left over 30 million people in need of humanitarian assistance.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
15 Apr. 2026
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The man who once electrified golf fans around the world is picking up the pieces from yet another mess he’s made.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
30 Mar. 2026
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The man who once electrified golf fans around the world is picking up the pieces from yet another mess he’s made.—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
28 Mar. 2026
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At the center, there is Springsteen, with a world-weariness in his speeches that is in no way mirrored in his performance level, which would feel spirited and energized for a man of half his 76 years.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
10 Apr. 2026
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Conrad, meanwhile, feels energized by the challenge.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
8 Apr. 2026
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On April 8, Cassandra Lange, 29, and Joby Williams, 30, were placed in custody and charged with capital murder in connection with the deaths of Cherry and Stephen Rehbein, according to a news release from the Medina County Sheriff's Office (MCSO).—
Kimberlee Speakman,
PEOPLE,
12 Apr. 2026
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Those charged included Kenneth Chee, the founder and CEO of Devastating Fireworks, which stored pyrotechnics at the explosion site in Esparto.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
11 Apr. 2026
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The center was initially activated on Friday after heavy rain in Cheboygan caused water levels to rise along the river and the Cheboygan Lock and Dam Complex.—
DeJanay Booth-Singleton,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2026
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However, some form of auto-brightness might have still been activated, buried deep in a menu, or an image-processing feature that also dims the picture could have been running.—
Will Greenwald,
PC Magazine,
14 Apr. 2026
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The 18-year-old attacker, armed with a shotgun, fired randomly at a vocational high school in Siverek, Sanliurfa province, before hiding inside the building.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 Apr. 2026
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According to police, 21-year-old Amuri Greene fired the fatal shot from a moped being driven by Matthew Rodriguez, 18.—
Naveen Dhaliwal,
CBS News,
14 Apr. 2026
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To keep costs down, many switched to a high-deductible health plan.—
Jackie Fortiér,
Miami Herald,
14 Apr. 2026
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Payload was Amazon’s two test Project Kuiper satellites that were set to fly on ULA’s first Vulcan Centaur rocket, but switched to one of the nine Atlas rockets Amazon had previously purchased from ULA as Vulcan had been delayed to no earlier than the fourth quarter of 2023.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 Apr. 2026
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“Powered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/powered. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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