powered

[pou-erd]

adjective

1. (of a machine, vehicle, etc.) having a specified fuel or prime mover.

   a gasoline-powered engine; an engine-powered pump.

Other Word Forms

• nonpowered adjective
• self-powered adjective
• underpowered adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of powered¹

First recorded in 1875–80; power + -ed ²

Example Sentences

These stocks raged for much of the year, as breakneck spending in the burgeoning sector powered the overall economy.

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Key details: The service side of the economy powered growth in November, S&P said.

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Su did deals with Chinese partners that helped stabilize the company’s finances and moved the chip designer deeper into the processors that powered PCs and data centers, capitalizing on Intel’s weaknesses.

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“Strong wealth gains, powered by AI-sensitive equities, are a large part of why. AI spending helped investment, and AI equities helped consumption,” says Rajadhyaksha.

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Worries have deepened that tech companies’ massive spending on artificial intelligence might be unsustainable, and that the richly valued AI stocks that have powered market gains might be in a bubble.

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