as in energy
something with a usable capacity for doing work
such nonrenewable fuels as coal, petroleum, and natural gas
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Recent Examples of fuel
Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 10 Feb. 2025
Sunoco has played a substantial role within NASCAR, not just as a fuel provider, but also through various sponsorships.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 8 Feb. 2025
Jesse Marks, Foreign Affairs, 11 Feb. 2025
Strategic retail partnerships have also fueled growth.
—Joshua Adragna, Rolling Stone, 10 Feb. 2025
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Noun
With tariffs on Mexico and Canada currently on pause, trade policy has yet to directly impact fuel prices.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 10 Feb. 2025
Sunoco has played a substantial role within NASCAR, not just as a fuel provider, but also through various sponsorships.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 8 Feb. 2025
Verb
The strain on governments already struggling to provide for their citizens has fueled growing calls from host communities for refugees to return home.
—Jesse Marks, Foreign Affairs, 11 Feb. 2025
Strategic retail partnerships have also fueled growth.
—Joshua Adragna, Rolling Stone, 10 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fuel
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Someday, this will be Doncic’s franchise, but Monday’s Lakers debut was as much about the partnership between their two best players, No. 23 and No. 77 turning the building’s energy all the way to 100.—
Houston Mitchell,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2025
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This ditches the expensive and not very road-relevant MGU-H (which recovers waste energy from the turbocharger) in place of a much more powerful MGU-K (an electric motor/generator that can power the wheels or regenerate energy under braking) and a larger battery.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
11 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Markets shrug off tariff fears U.S. stocks rose on Monday, powered by major tech names and as traders looked past the latest U.S. tariff threat from President Donald Trump.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
11 Feb. 2025
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In November, a record price at auction was set by a work created for a robot powered by AI.—
George Nelson,
ARTnews.com,
11 Feb. 2025
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Any new mandate requiring that many people to comply within 30 days surely would have generated widespread coverage by legitimate media outlets, and the terms of the testing program would have been made public through official government channels.—
Joedy McCreary,
USA TODAY,
20 Feb. 2025
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Sludge generated by Charlotte Water’s treatment plants is recycled on more than 10,000 acres of private farmland in North and South Carolina, according to the agency.—
Mary Ramsey,
Charlotte Observer,
19 Feb. 2025
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That maneuver went at the heart of what was regarded as a sacrosanct tenet in American government: that civil servants remain outside partisan politics and can’t be fired without due process.—
Anna Maria Barry-Jester,
ProPublica,
9 Feb. 2025
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The Dolphins were 7-6 in 2018 before losing their final three games, two in blowout fashion, and in the turmoil Gase and his staff were fired.—
Brad Biggs,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Feb. 2025
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With the sun in Aquarius energizing your committed seventh house of agreements, compromise and significant others for most of the month, there is greater focus and emphasis on your one-on-one relationships.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
7 Feb. 2025
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Two years later, conservatives were energized by a watershed moment in Australia’s culture wars.—
Victoria Kim,
New York Times,
4 Feb. 2025
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The current $6 million transformation is focused on the pumphouse, where huge steam engines once pushed along the city’s water supply system.—
Jacques Kelly,
Baltimore Sun,
8 Feb. 2025
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But the 2022 law that Lamont pushed lawmakers to pass superseded the settlement terms and ordered all of the money to be transferred to a dedicated fund and placed under the sole discretion of the Opioid Settlement Advisory Committee.—
Laura Tillman,
Hartford Courant,
8 Feb. 2025
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“Fuel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fuel. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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