How to Use solar in a Sentence
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The solar string lights can be charged by the sun or by a USB cable.
— Toni Sutton, Peoplemag, 22 July 2023 -
Wind and solar power are nice, but a very small part of the answer.
— Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 12 Dec. 2024 -
Get a check in the mail for $8,400 for testing out solar panels.
— Molly Stellino, USA TODAY, 6 Oct. 2022 -
The most active phase of the Sun’s cycle is called the solar maximum.
— Jackie Appel, Popular Mechanics, 17 May 2023 -
In the past 50 years, the cost of solar energy has fallen by more than 99%.
— Vivek Wadhwa, Fortune, 10 Sep. 2024 -
The world added record amounts of solar and wind power in 2023, and that growth is poised to continue.
— Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2024 -
Next year the city is planning to have a group focused on jobs in the solar industry.
— Sabrina Shankman, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Sep. 2023 -
The bright white ice reflects solar energy away from the Earth.
— Rachel Ramirez, CNN, 6 June 2023 -
Ikawa: There was solar there, but there was no battery.
— Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2024 -
The idea is to build more large solar fields in the Imperial Valley and then send that power to the coast.
— Joshua Emerson Smith, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2023 -
Kolkata’s parks are now lit by solar lights, and the city is phasing in a plan for 1,200 electric buses.
— Anant Gupta, Washington Post, 22 Sep. 2023 -
Just make sure to take a dip in its solar-heated pool, which stretches on for more than 130 feet.
— Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 9 Apr. 2023 -
Run on the battery for up to seven days and charge through solar, AC, or DC power.
— Lauren Breedlove, Travel + Leisure, 18 Apr. 2023 -
The solar eclipse has come and gone in Arizona, with glasses and solar viewers to spare.
— The Arizona Republic, 8 Apr. 2024 -
Whitefish Bay is looking to add solar to the library's roof.
— Hope Karnopp, Journal Sentinel, 18 Nov. 2024 -
The Sun is currently in active phase of the solar cycle and has been hurling solar flares for the past few days.
— Marshall Shepherd, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024 -
The black floormats and interior tub finish add to the solar gain.
— Andrew Wendler, Car and Driver, 27 May 2023 -
Instead, the campers build solar ovens out of cardboard boxes and aluminum foil.
— Peter Weber, The Week, 22 July 2023 -
Still, if solar activity picks up, people can have a chance to catch the lights once again.
— Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 11 Oct. 2024 -
Are there any bonus features, such as solar power, auto on and off, etc?
— T. Logan Metesh, Field & Stream, 14 Feb. 2023 -
The solar panels were installed by the previous owners of the vacant lot and the Brainard Apartments.
— Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 17 Nov. 2022 -
Wind and solar have been working well in tandem, Webber said.
— Ella Nilsen, CNN, 28 July 2023 -
Without solar, the Instinct 2 is rated for up to 28 days use between charges.
— Andrew Williams, Forbes, 2 Apr. 2023 -
The city already has solar arrays at each of its wastewater treatment plants.
— Stacy Ryburn, arkansasonline.com, 20 Dec. 2023 -
And at the local preschool, the underfloor heating is solar powered.
— Angela Wang, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 July 2023 -
But a lot of these have key features, like day length and solar output, hard coded into them.
— John Timmer, Ars Technica, 3 July 2024 -
What’s more, heavy smoke from forest fires can reduce solar output onto the grid by clouding the skies.
— Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 May 2023 -
The cost of wind and solar energy is now cheaper than oil, gas or nuclear.
— The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Aug. 2023 -
The location of the third solar array likely will be somewhere in the River Valley.
— Stacy Ryburn, arkansasonline.com, 20 Dec. 2023 -
The sun does have some influence on Earth's temperatures, which varies depending on the shape of Earth's orbit around the sun, its tilt on its axis and the solar cycle, Zee said.
— Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 11 Dec. 2024
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