power station

noun

: power plant sense 1

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The company is assembling a fleet of these floating power stations to run the remote Baimsky mining site in Chukotka. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 23 Aug. 2026 Still, some portable power stations, such as the Anker Solix F3800 Plus, can be configured with a solar panel to feed power back into the grid. — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 21 Aug. 2026 The firm is now publicly tapping the biggest private markets firms to provide funding for its customers amid the trillions of dollars that are expected to be needed for the data centers, power stations and chips that will power the next era of AI. — Bloomberg, Fortune, 11 Aug. 2026 The country is plagued with blackouts that can extend for days due to the lack of generation capacity and the poor state of the Soviet-era power stations. — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 7 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for power station

Word History

First Known Use

1887, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of power station was in 1887

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“Power station.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/power%20station. Accessed 27 Aug. 2026.

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