power station

noun

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This was due to be the home of FC Stroitel Pripyat, a club in the fourth tier of Soviet football who initially selected its players from builders helping to construct the nearby power station. Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025 Its peaks have been emblazoned on the country’s national emblem and its name has been lent to everything from rockets to power stations and, occasionally, the country itself. Will Ripley, CNN Money, 15 Apr. 2025 The destruction of electrical transformers and power stations releases specialized gases such as sulfur hexafluoride, or SF₆, a substance used for its insulating properties in high-voltage equipment. Nils Rokke, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025 Critical infrastructure, dams, power stations targeted and damaged or destroyed. Askold Haywas, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for power station

Word History

First Known Use

1887, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of power station was in 1887

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“Power station.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/power%20station. Accessed 8 May. 2025.

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