powered
Americanadjective
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Attempts to attract puffins to Lighthouse Island included setting up fake "decoy" puffins, and a solar powered speaker system broadcasting its call.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
The generator’s 130-liter engine—roughly 65 times the average size of a U.S. car engine—will be powered by natural gas and produce four megawatts of electricity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
But the squeeze on drivers’ wallets has intensified in recent years, powered by rising purchase prices and high interest rates.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
He predicted that company sizes may shrink during this transition from industrial giants to tech companies, as small teams of people powered by personal AI agents will be able to run companies at significant scale.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
The most dramatic technological features, however, lay in the way both ships were powered and propelled.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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