switchyard
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of switchyard
Example Sentences
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The Morro Bay power station would house around 180,000 battery modules that would hold energy produced elsewhere and release it to the power grid via an existing PG&E switchyard adjacent to the site.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 11, 2022
Much as a train switchyard can steer rail cars to different locations, researchers have engineered protein motors to carry tiny bits of cargo to different locations.
From Science Magazine • Mar. 10, 2022
He could see a large park at the railroad’s switchyard and commercial and residential development at points along the linear greenway.
From Washington Times • May 8, 2018
For example, my city recently borrowed about $30 million to build a major park over an old railroad switchyard to serve our community for decades.
From Washington Post • Dec. 7, 2017
Cow paths had been transformed into paved thoroughfares, railroad tracks crisscrossed the valley floor, and electric lines snaked over the ridges and connected up to a vast switchyard hulking with transformers.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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