high-voltage
adjective
high-volt·age
ˈhī-ˈvōl-tij 
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Efforts to bypass Bonneville didn’t start until this year, when Oregon and Washington legislators considered bills to create their own state bonding authorities for upgrading the region’s high-voltage network.
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Tony Schick, ProPublica, 12 May 2025
The facility will make bushings, an important component in high-voltage power transformers.
—Chase Jordan, Charlotte Observer, 9 May 2025
Around noon on Monday, a high-voltage connection between France and Spain was interrupted.
—Catherine Porter, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
Some experts suggest a rare atmospheric phenomenon caused sudden temperature fluctuations that interfered with high-voltage power lines, leading to grid instability.
—Oyku Ilgar, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
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Tony Schick, ProPublica, 12 May 2025
The facility will make bushings, an important component in high-voltage power transformers.
—Chase Jordan, Charlotte Observer, 9 May 2025
Around noon on Monday, a high-voltage connection between France and Spain was interrupted.
—Catherine Porter, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
Some experts suggest a rare atmospheric phenomenon caused sudden temperature fluctuations that interfered with high-voltage power lines, leading to grid instability.
—Oyku Ilgar, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for high-voltage
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“High-voltage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high-voltage. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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