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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Beauty, Rhode was generating about $212 million in net sales.

— Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2026
Often, wealthy investors use municipal bonds to diversify their portfolios while generating interest income that is often exempt from federal income taxes.

— Luke Fountain, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of generating

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Minh Connors | Bloomberg | Getty Images Coming off the successful launch of its Muse AI agent, Meta is now pushing its new artificial intelligence service into the business world.

— Isabel O'Brien, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026
That visibility gives leaders the leverage to address the underlying constraints instead of asking teams to keep pushing against them.

— Angela Palo, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of pushing

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Worse still, the most energizing talks tended to be ignored by many of the academics in attendance, who preferred to ask questions that indirectly linked back to their area of specialism.

— Bartolomeo Sala, The Dial, 29 Sep. 2026
Its conversational lyrics, lively rhythm and undeniable chemistry give the song a confident, energizing swagger.

— qygwork, Billboard, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of energizing

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The Minnesota Lynx's electrifying guard, Olivia Miles, has been named the Kia WNBA Rookie of the Year.

— Cole Premo, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026
With 90 minutes of electrifying performances and a live showcase of their biggest hits, STRAYCITY became the largest concert Stray Kids has ever held in Mexico to date, according to organizers.

— Natalia Cano, Billboard, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of electrifying

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The Daily Dividend Former Disney CEO Bob Chapek has stayed largely quiet about his 2022 firing from the entertainment giant.

— Alex Harring, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026
After assessing telemetry, Elon Musk's flight control team decided the spacecraft was otherwise healthy and a second engine firing using a single Raptor engine completed the climb to orbit.

— William Harwood, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of firing

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Engineers could potentially use its switching behavior in high-performance capacitors.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2026
Researchers writing in Harvard Business Review found that employees switch between applications roughly 1,200 times per day, consuming nearly 9% of the workweek in reorientation and context switching alone.

— Bryan Goode, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2026

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