powerhouses

noun

plural of powerhouse
as in achievers
an ambitious person who eagerly goes after what is desired from the very start of her singing career, she had a reputation for being a very determined powerhouse

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Recent Examples of powerhouses Known as Groves-1, the facility will now serve as a proving ground for future isotope production and Oklo’s commercial fast-fission reactors, called Aurora powerhouses. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 12 Nov. 2026 Hublot has been working with artists since 2011, creating wonderfully polarizing timepieces with powerhouses such as Samuel Ross, Daniel Arsham, Takashi Murakami, and, most recently, Jeff Koons. — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 10 Nov. 2026 The atmosphere in the arena was definitely fitting for a matchup that featured two perennial college basketball powerhouses. — Matt Langone, Boston Herald, 7 Nov. 2026 By capturing predictable fees on a massive, permanent baseline of cheap American energy, these three midstream powerhouses represent a high-quality structural play for investors. — Harvey Stober, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026 His intimate profiles on cultural powerhouses like Oprah Winfrey, Jennifer Aniston, Jodie Foster, Liza Minnelli and Lady Gaga, to name a few, have appeared in the pages of Esquire, Vanity Fair, New York and Vogue, among scores of other glossies. — Maer Roshan, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2026 His movies are patient powerhouses that reject conventional movie plotting. — Jake Coyle, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026 He was born and raised in a small rural community in Oklahoma, hundreds of miles west of the Ivy League powerhouses to the east. — Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2026 From her work on Felicity, The Americans, and The Diplomat, Keri Russell has become one of the biggest powerhouses on TV. — Giovana Gelhoren, InStyle, 19 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for powerhouses
  1. achievers
  2. highfliers
  3. self-starters
  4. go-getters
Noun
  • But while many women are high-achievers at their jobs, not enough of them are owning the profitability side of business.
    — Jane Miller, Chicago Tribune, 30 Oct. 2026
  • The inaugural Ig Nobel Prize ceremony honored three fictitious achievers; all recipients in subsequent years (barring a 1994 award based on inaccurate reporting) have been real people.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of achievers
Noun
  • The match would often feature the X-Division’s highflyers and provided some heart-stopping moments.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Ankrum studies financial arcana such as the Journal of Portfolio Management and seeks out stocks — not sexy highfliers — that are bound to increase in value over the longer haul.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 1 Apr. 2026
Definition of highfliers
Noun
  • Suffolk University was positioned as a school for self-starters and those not necessarily born with a silver spoon in their mouth.
    — Ellis Verdi, Forbes.com, 5 Nov. 2026
  • The spectacle gave rise to self-starters like Ai who sought to cash in on the growing hype.
    — John Liu, CNN Money, 30 June 2026
Definition of self-starters
Noun
  • Its three young cofounders, Anirudh Sharma, Rahul Rawat and Tanveer Ahmed, are all alums of the 30 Under 30 Asia list (class of 2025), which highlights young go-getters.
    — Naazneen Karmali, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
  • Norvell saw characteristics in the right go-getters early on.
    — Chris Vannini, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
Definition of go-getters

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“Powerhouses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/powerhouses. Accessed 13 Nov. 2026.

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