turbocharge
Americanverb (used with object)
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to equip (an internal-combustion engine) with a turbocharger.
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Informal. to speed up; accelerate.
Etymology
Origin of turbocharge
First recorded in 1940–45; turbo- + (super)charge
Example Sentences
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Multinational corporations are getting nearly $200 billion back in tariff refunds from the U.S. government, helping to turbocharge some companies’ earnings.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 22, 2026
DeWitte, Oklo’s CEO, was present at the White House last year when President Trump signed an executive order meant to turbocharge nuclear power.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
The Guardian reports internships designed to secure work for young people with special needs should be put on "turbocharge" to help tackle the youth job crisis.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
Some analysts have pinned the severity of declines by the Kospi on rampant speculation from individuals and traders using borrowed money to turbocharge bets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
To do justice to the increased obsession with death and destiny, someone needed to turbocharge music’s engine.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
The strategy reverses a yearslong expansion of product selection to meet consumer demand for new colors, styles and sizes that was turbocharged by endless options available on e-commerce sites.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
It is an unexpected outcome for an economy a quarter the size of Mexico’s, and the result of years of reconciliation after the Vietnam War and turbocharged capitalist development in the Communist nation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
But Audi and Mercedes, for example, would prefer the engines to be turbocharged.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
The rapid demise of the fund’s turbocharged returns was also partly explained by the 13F filings that are required within 45 days of the end of the quarter.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026
The kid who might once have cruised through town showing off his new Mustang is more apt to invite friends over to see his turbocharged new hard drive.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
New building techniques are turbocharging the data-center boom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
There was a concern elsewhere in the top flight that Newcastle could look to finance such a push within the rules by turbocharging revenues through lucrative sponsorship deals with Saudi companies.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
Go Phish: AI is turbocharging scammers, and Google sued a scam group for $1.9 billion for using Gemini to create phishing websites.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026
“We are turbocharging that goal” with the new funds, he added.
From MarketWatch ● May 12, 2026
That may seem like a promising driver of the AI boom, and it’s certainly turbocharging Google and Amazon’s cloud businesses, which both posted above-consensus growth for the fourth quarter.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 7, 2026
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