1
: amount of power expressed in watts
2
: dynamic or mental energy or appeal
the celebrity's high wattage
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Use a bulb with low wattage.
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Jacob Gallagher, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
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Some power banks can fail to deliver their maximum wattage because most USB cables are rated too low.
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In stacked and varied casts during his time on the show, Sudeikis more than held his own, displaying a star wattage (even while playing a dancing sidekick) that's gone on to serve him especially well since leaving in 2013.
—Dennis Perkins, EW.com, 16 Feb. 2025
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Jacob Gallagher, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
The Asus, ZBook Fury, and ThinkPad topped the CPU charts thanks to their higher wattage HX-class chips.
—PCMAG, 19 Jan. 2025
Some power banks can fail to deliver their maximum wattage because most USB cables are rated too low.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2025
In stacked and varied casts during his time on the show, Sudeikis more than held his own, displaying a star wattage (even while playing a dancing sidekick) that's gone on to serve him especially well since leaving in 2013.
—Dennis Perkins, EW.com, 16 Feb. 2025
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“Wattage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wattage. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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wattage
noun
watt·age
ˈwät-ij 
: amount of power expressed in watts
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