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Examples of power station in a Sentence
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After five years of work, the agency delivered a reference architecture for up to 60 orbiting power stations, each delivering 5 to 10 gigawatts of baseload power to major cities.
—IEEE Spectrum, 9 May 2024
Compact, portable power stations are good backup power options for those in smaller spaces (think condos or apartments) and are often suitable for powering smaller home appliances in a pinch.
—Sharon Brandwein, Southern Living, 19 Apr. 2024
These days, power stations use atomic clocks to regulate grid frequency.
—IEEE Spectrum, 29 Feb. 2024
But there would also be downsides to putting drone defense systems at every sports stadium, concert venue, government building, power station and other sensitive sites, experts said.
—David Ingram, NBC News, 14 Jan. 2024
Over 150 missiles and drones were involved in the bombardment, striking targets across the Ukraine, according to the Ukrainian air force, knocking out power to swathes of the country and badly damaging its largest hydroelectric power station.
—Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 22 Mar. 2024
That signature foreign policy has marshaled hundreds of billions in Chinese finance to build ports, power stations, bridges, rails and roads around the world – significantly expanding China’s international interests and influence along the way.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN, 18 Oct. 2023
Every power station has got to be synchronized very precisely with the other.
—Stephen Cass, IEEE Spectrum, 6 Mar. 2024
In 2008, when Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s administration kicked off the current push to build nuclear plants, a government study suggested that new power stations could be sending electricity to the grid by 2018.
—Stanley Reed, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1887, in the meaning defined above
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“Power station.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/power%20station. Accessed 23 May. 2024.
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