high-powered
adjective
high-pow·ered
ˈhī-ˈpau̇(-ə)rd 
variants
or less commonly high-power
1
: having great drive, energy, or capacity : dynamic
a high-powered executive
2
: having or conferring great influence
a high-powered job
Examples of high-powered in a Sentence
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Image Barrett was both Christian supermom and high-powered legal scholar, elite and outsider, a combination of the more secular conservative Federalist Society credentials and the beliefs of the emerging Christian legal movement.
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Lisa Lerer, New York Times, 28 May 2024
Uranus and Neptune, meanwhile—the most remote of the group—will require high-power binoculars or a telescope.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 28 May 2024
But the Miami Herald has found that since 2022, most of the firearms seizures in the country trace back to container shipments that left Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, with the exception of a Miami River cargo load containing 120,000 high-power rounds later confiscated in Haiti.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 28 May 2024
Next, the pair considered what happened to low-power patients while high-power patients were getting extra attention.
—Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2024
Electrodes that are engineered for faster ion storage lead to batteries that can discharge faster, for high-power applications.
—Wesley Chang, The Conversation, 5 Apr. 2024
No company is yet offering dual-phase magnetic materials suitable for the rotors of high-power traction motors.
—IEEE Spectrum, 15 Mar. 2024
SpaceX engineers modified multiple systems in the wake of the failures, including work to beef up the rocket's self-destruct system, to improve engine performance and to protect the pad with a high-power water deluge system that also deadens the acoustic shock of engine ignition.
—William Harwood, CBS News, 14 Mar. 2024
Elector Magnetic Pulse - EMP EMPs are energy pulses that can be released from nuclear weapons explosions and portable electronics such as high-power microwave weapons (HPMWs).
—Chuck Brooks, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
Lisa Lerer, New York Times, 28 May 2024
Uranus and Neptune, meanwhile—the most remote of the group—will require high-power binoculars or a telescope.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 28 May 2024
But the Miami Herald has found that since 2022, most of the firearms seizures in the country trace back to container shipments that left Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, with the exception of a Miami River cargo load containing 120,000 high-power rounds later confiscated in Haiti.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 28 May 2024
Next, the pair considered what happened to low-power patients while high-power patients were getting extra attention.
—Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2024
Electrodes that are engineered for faster ion storage lead to batteries that can discharge faster, for high-power applications.
—Wesley Chang, The Conversation, 5 Apr. 2024
No company is yet offering dual-phase magnetic materials suitable for the rotors of high-power traction motors.
—IEEE Spectrum, 15 Mar. 2024
SpaceX engineers modified multiple systems in the wake of the failures, including work to beef up the rocket's self-destruct system, to improve engine performance and to protect the pad with a high-power water deluge system that also deadens the acoustic shock of engine ignition.
—William Harwood, CBS News, 14 Mar. 2024
Elector Magnetic Pulse - EMP EMPs are energy pulses that can be released from nuclear weapons explosions and portable electronics such as high-power microwave weapons (HPMWs).
—Chuck Brooks, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
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“High-powered.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high-powered. Accessed 4 Jun. 2024.
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