power up
Britishverb
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(tr, adverb) to switch on the power to (a computer system)
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to begin to make good use of or take full advantage of
Example Sentences
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The Berwick Bank wind farm in the outer Firth of Forth will contain up to 307 turbines generating enough electricity to power up to six million homes.
From BBC
Seagreen is Scotland's current largest offshore wind farms with 115 turbines and the capacity to power up to 1.6 million homes.
From BBC
Lopez started hemorrhaging soon after the baby was delivered but anesthesiologist Michael Sanchez and his team were able to power up a special machine to deliver blood quickly, according to the release.
From Los Angeles Times
CoreWeave Chief Executive Michael Intrator shared in a Bloomberg interview last month that the company had secured 2.8 gigawatts of contracted power, up 600 megawatts from the second quarter.
From MarketWatch
The 2.6-gigawatt Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project is slated to produce enough clean energy to power up to 660,000 homes when completed in 2026.
From Los Angeles Times
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