powered

verb

past tense of power
as in generated

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Recent Examples of powered Eco Effort All Maybourne London hotels are powered by 100% renewable electricity, and a solar power farm in Essex is underway. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 June 2026 Inside, the Ingenieur Automatic 40 is powered by the in-house Caliber 32111, offering a robust 120-hour power reserve—an engineering feat that mirrors the endurance and performance demanded on the track. — Carol Besler, Robb Report, 3 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for powered
  1. generated
  2. pushed
  3. electrified
  4. energized
  5. charged
  6. activated
  7. fired
  8. switched
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  • In early 2025, Y Combinator reported that for a quarter of its Winter 2025 batch, roughly 95% of the codebase was AI-generated, notable for highly technical founders who would have written the software themselves a year earlier.
    — Michael Wee, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Industrial companies and technology firms have already secured rights to the electricity generated at the site.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of generated
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  • Five days before the deadline, the Digital Omnibus pushed them to December 2027.
    — Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
  • In Congress, Republicans aimed at Fauci more frequently and pushed the unproven theory that the coronavirus was created at a lab in Wuhan, China, instead of spreading from animal to human, as Fauci believed.
    — Michael Collins, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of pushed
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  • Because a versatile, full-size 1,000-mile (1,600-km) electrified SUV that just happens to integrate full sleeping and dining accommodations sure sounds like an impressive evolution of the camper to us.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Hometown hero Uros Medic electrified the Arena, securing a stunning 30-second TKO over Daniel Rodriguez in the main event, his eighth stoppage.
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of electrified
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  • Are people energized by creative action like dance, cooking or writing?
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • For now, the Padres are only three games out of wild-card position and at least briefly energized by a tactical shift.
    — Dennis Lin, New York Times, 26 July 2026
Definition of energized
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  • The Green Bay Packers held their annual Family Night Scrimmage Friday night — a practice inside of Lambeau Field where fans were charged $10 to watch the 2-hour, 15 minute session.
    — Rob Reischel, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
  • In 2020, police charged two Los Angeles-area men and a woman with participating in Tran’s killing.
    — Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of charged
Verb
  • The updates are rolled out automatically, but the user needs to restart the browser for the fixes to be activated.
    — Davey Winder, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • However, Daniel Palencia will pitch at Triple-A Iowa on Wednesday and could be activated soon, resuming his closer role.
    — Greg Jewett, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of activated
Verb
  • Over the weekend, the Houthis fired missiles at two Saudi oil complexes on the Red Sea coast.
    — Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Police said at the time that multiple suspects arrived in a Chevy Equinox, and a passenger in the car fired a pistol before the driver got out and sprayed the residence with bullets from a rifle.
    — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of fired
Verb
  • Johnson, a onetime Democrat who switched to the Republican Party in 2023, explicitly called out California and New York in an interview with NPR.
    — Maria Aspan, NPR, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Some farmers switched to water-efficient crops, and others didn't irrigate at all on parts of their land, according to the Colorado Sun.
    — Swasti Singhai, USA Today, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of switched

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