power-stream

[ pou-er-streem ]

/ ˈpaʊ ərˌstrim /

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verb (used with object)

to stream and watch (multiple videos, episodes of a TV show, etc.) in one sitting or over a short period of time.

verb (used without object)

to engage in this activity.

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Origin of power-stream

2010–15; power + stream (in the sense “to transmit data smoothly to a digital device”)

From this attitude he draws a singular comic and literary power.
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Would the Democrats rescind those rights if they were to return to power?
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For this use of the voice in the special service of will-power, or propelling force, it is necessary first to test its freedom.
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Wharton smiled at this littleness in so great a man, but determined that he should feel the power he despised.
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