powered

American

[pou-erd] / ˈpaʊ ərd /

adjective

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

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

Other Word Forms

Etymology

Origin of powered

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

Example Sentences

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Previously identified neutrino-producing galaxies have typically been powered by supermassive black holes.

From Science Daily • Jun. 19, 2026

Apple’s Mac computer lineup was powered by Intel chips from 2005 to 2021.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 18, 2026

Robots and autonomous systems powered by large language models and agentic reasoning add the dimension that pure software agents cannot: operating in an unstructured, unpredictable, physical world, they note.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 17, 2026

The AI agent is powered by Fin’s proprietary model called Apex, that is purpose built for customer support and has demonstrated industry-leading resolution rates that outperform top commercially available models, according to Salesforce.

From Barron's • Jun. 15, 2026

They were the fuel that powered the railroads, factories, and machinery of the Industrial Age.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

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