high-voltage

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Recent Examples of high-voltage The faults at 6:10 p.m. and again at 6:11 p.m. coincided with two flashes in the vicinity of the transmission lines seen in a video captured by a camera at an Arco gas station in the moments before the Eaton fire began, followed by flames near the base of high-voltage transmission towers. Ivan Penn, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2025 The Camp fire in Paradise — which burned 153,000 acres and killed 85 people — was determined to have been caused by a high-voltage PG&E transmission line that was about 100 years old. Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2025 Heavy mining equipment like the CAT 972 front loader are undergoing retrofits to transition diesel operation to a hybrid one, featuring an electric motor, two strings of lithium-ion batteries, an inverter, high-voltage components, power electronics and an onboard diesel generator. Sabbir Rangwala, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025 Initial reports indicated that workers at a substation in the 800 block of North Burleson Boulevard came into contact with a high-voltage line, according to a Facebook post. Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for high-voltage 
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Adjective
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    CBS News, CBS News, 16 Feb. 2025
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Adjective
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Adjective
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Adjective
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Adjective
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Adjective
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    Neal B. Freeman, National Review, 11 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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    Sherry Greenfield, Baltimore Sun, 18 Feb. 2025
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    William Gavin, Quartz, 18 Feb. 2025

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“High-voltage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/high-voltage. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.

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