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as in spirits
a spiritual force that is held to emanate from or give animation to living beings
many Eastern cultures believe in the significance of life energy in the healing process
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as in fuels
something with a usable capacity for doing work
some of the power needs of the house are provided by solar energy
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Recent Examples of energies
Simultaneously, ion velocity mapping recorded the trajectories and velocities of the ions, providing detailed information about their energies.
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Victoria Corless, Space.com, 2 Jan. 2025
Future Fuel is a 47-year old specialty chemicals firm with a focus on the development of sustainable energies.
—John Navin, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Other brands and retailers are having to be choosier and are focusing their AI energies, making this year’s holiday season something of a stress test for how the technology can be put to work.
—Evan Clark, WWD, 16 Dec. 2024
All roads lead through China in terms of its supply chain across low-carbon energies and low-carbon generation technologies.
—Alan Ohnsman, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
Children needed to focus all their energies on surviving in the white man’s world.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
Those pull our energies in opposite directions.
—Mathew Rodriguez, Them, 9 Dec. 2024
Unlike in 2014, when Moscow stepped in to save Assad, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s energies – and most of his jets, troops and mercinaries – are elsewhere.
—Rob Picheta, CNN, 9 Dec. 2024
This is, in part, due to the variety of astrological energies that need to be navigated at this time.
—Skyler Caruso, People.com, 8 Dec. 2024
Victoria Corless, Space.com, 2 Jan. 2025
Future Fuel is a 47-year old specialty chemicals firm with a focus on the development of sustainable energies.
—John Navin, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Other brands and retailers are having to be choosier and are focusing their AI energies, making this year’s holiday season something of a stress test for how the technology can be put to work.
—Evan Clark, WWD, 16 Dec. 2024
All roads lead through China in terms of its supply chain across low-carbon energies and low-carbon generation technologies.
—Alan Ohnsman, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
Children needed to focus all their energies on surviving in the white man’s world.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
Those pull our energies in opposite directions.
—Mathew Rodriguez, Them, 9 Dec. 2024
Unlike in 2014, when Moscow stepped in to save Assad, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s energies – and most of his jets, troops and mercinaries – are elsewhere.
—Rob Picheta, CNN, 9 Dec. 2024
This is, in part, due to the variety of astrological energies that need to be navigated at this time.
—Skyler Caruso, People.com, 8 Dec. 2024
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“Energies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/energies. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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