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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It is typically thought that generating new traits takes long periods of evolutionary time.

— Jake Buehler, Quanta Magazine, 21 Sep. 2026
Jackson has had difficulty generating the same enthusiasm among voters as his predecessor, Platner, who consistently held town halls across the state and had a viral social media presence.

— Christopher Buchanan, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of generating

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Leo Your ego clashes with others, often pushing you to prove a point impatiently and restlessly.

— Lisa Stardust, Vogue, 22 Sep. 2026
Goolsbee also noted that forecasters had spent more than a year pushing back the date when inflation was supposed to peak and start falling.

— Chloe Taylor,Sean Conlon, CNBC, 22 Sep. 2026

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The battery lasts up to five hours on a single charge and 30 hours total with the charging case, giving them plenty of juice to last throughout the day.

— George Yang, PC Magazine, 18 Sep. 2026
Saad Almoraisi was also charged in connection with two warrants charging him with sale of cannabis and possession of cannabis, as well as two warrants accusing him of failure to pay or plea to infractions.

— Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 18 Sep. 2026

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The Bangles’ electrifying 1984 debut, All Over the Place, was Sixties flower-power rock with a postpunk guitar kick and a tough-talking feminist edge.

— Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2026
Guests then moved inside for an electrifying performance by Voices of Fire, the Virginia Beach gospel group co-founded by Bishop Ezekiel Williams and Pharrell Williams.

— Paul Chi, Vogue, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of electrifying

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Another man intervened, and the two men began fighting, pulled out handguns and began firing, according to information from police.

— Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Sep. 2026
Woo said Spencer started the original fire Sunday after firing at deputies and a sheriff’s helicopter and disappearing into the forest.

— Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of firing

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The problem is that restarting an aircraft factory after 11 years isn’t like switching a machine back on.

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 19 Sep. 2026
These cortical cells make up only around one percent of the cortex’s inhibitory neurons, and switching them on in a mouse puts the animal to sleep.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 18 Sep. 2026

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