POWERING Synonyms: 66 Similar and Opposite Words

powering

verb

present participle of power

as in generating

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Recent Examples of powering The iGen 2200 has no problem powering many of the essential appliances in your RV simultaneously and has 2200 starting watts of power. — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 11 June 2026 Take the examples of the second season of Amazon Prime’s Fallout and Netflix’s first season of Ransom Canyon, which made headlines last year by powering their base camps with solar power. — Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 22 Apr. 2026 In terms of scale, this means that NFPA 855 covers systems as small as a those capable of powering an average American home for one day, all the way up to the largest systems that can provide backup power for entire towns. — Erin Smith, Boston Herald, 22 Oct. 2025 Capable of powering 1 million homes for one hour all at once, the Waratah Super Battery is meant to stabilize Australia’s power grid. — Interesting Engineering, 6 Aug. 2025

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Multiple schools are at the center of incidents in which teens are facing legal consequences for generating fake explicit images of their classmates.

— Avni Trivedi, CNN Money, 21 July 2026
The wearables generating circadian scores A growing crop of devices now translates light exposure, temperature, movement and heart-rate data into circadian metrics.

— Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 21 July 2026

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The sky-high payments could be caused by a lot of different things — buyers wanting big cars, low credit scores pushing monthly payments higher or high credit scores allowing for bigger loans.

— Cassidy Alexander, AJC.com, 24 July 2026
The bear spent several moments sniffing around the office and wandering through the building before returning to the entrance, pushing the door open again and leaving on its own.

— Brittany Miller, FOXNews.com, 23 July 2026

Definition of pushing

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On July 21, Jupiter will meet with Uranus in a harmonious sextile, creating an energizing connection between our personal expansion and the changes available to us at this time.

— Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 21 July 2026
Some of the day-to-day involvement is gone, along with the immediacy that made the early years so energizing.

— Dustin Lemick, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

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Alleging that the killing occurred as Royal robbed Watkins, the Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney’s Office successfully sought from a grand jury an indictment charging Royal with capital murder.

— Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 July 2026
In the Bay Area, theaters were charging around $22 to $25 for premium-format screenings and $18 or $19 for standard, not including the online fee.

— Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 17 July 2026

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Reached a second successive final with Argentina, almost single-handedly firing them there with eight goals (taking his tally to 15 goals from 15 matches in the past two tournaments).

— Tim Spiers, New York Times, 21 July 2026
Day 2 Observations Dallas came out firing this weekend, crushing the Atlanta team in a 4-0 sweep where really only one of the four games was competitive.

— Todd Boss, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

Definition of firing

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The Crown released six references with PNDs throughout the ‘60s and ‘70s, switching up bezels from metal to acrylic, swapping between screw-down and pump-style pushers, updating movements, and tweaking that famous face.

— Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 20 July 2026
Another might begin dinner with a cocktail before switching to a zero-proof pairing.

— Noel Burgess, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

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