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
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Apollo started out as a private-equity fund manager, then launched credit funds that traded public debt before using its internal insurer Athene to turbocharge its private-credit operations, a strategy that many competitors have since copied.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
But Jupp will need to turbocharge it - with fewer resources and a demoralised workforce, some of whom she will need to shepherd out the door.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
The company led by Alejandro Betancourt plans to dispatch more than 50 drilling rigs to turbocharge the country’s anemic crude production.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
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
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
AI-crazed markets have turbocharged hundreds of state and local public-employee pension funds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
Indonesia is afflicted by wildfires regularly during its dry season, but this year the blazes have been turbocharged by a powerful El Nino cycle, which typically brings drought.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
This year, however, the fires and haze have been turbocharged by a so-called "Godzilla" El Nino, which has fuelled extremely dry conditions.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
This cohort seemed, to borrow from the Paul Simon song, to be born at the right time: AI turbocharged revenue growth and attracted deep-pocketed investors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 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
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
“We are turbocharging that goal” with the new funds, he added.
From MarketWatch ● May 12, 2026
Traders have piled into markets, turbocharging a two-day rally in the S&P 500.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 2, 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
A successful listing could spur more Chinese AI-related companies to go public in a city that is experiencing an IPO revival after a yearslong drought, turbocharging the Hong Kong bull market further.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 22, 2025
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