high-powered
Americanadjective
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extremely energetic, dynamic, and capable.
high-powered executives.
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of a forceful and driving character.
high-powered selling techniques.
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capable of a high degree of magnification.
a high-powered microscope.
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very powerful.
adjective
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(of an optical instrument or lens) having a high magnification
a high-powered telescope
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dynamic and energetic; highly capable
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possessing great strength, power, etc
a high-powered engine
Etymology
Origin of high-powered
First recorded in 1900–05
Vocabulary lists containing high-powered
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The dream of ambient computing is to be able to walk around and utter any request into thin air, like the high-powered voice computer system in “Her.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
Footage released by the Met shows officers using high-powered Sur-Ron e-bikes to pursue suspects who were trying to evade police.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
Before JD Vance became vice president, Usha Vance was a high-powered attorney in Ohio, and definitely more successful in the legal field than her husband, who she met at Yale Law.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026
Therefore providing power to those high-powered chips so they are running all the time becomes an economic imperative.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
On the other hand, the majority weren’t like the high-powered types he had worked with on the bomb project.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
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