power station

noun

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Information and resources may be provided for a variety of needs including shelter, cell phone power stations, rent/utility assistance, and disaster response programs. Matthew Carey, Deadline, 14 Jan. 2025 The dam is expected to cost $137 billion and generate 300 billion kilowatt hours of electricity annually—about three times the output of China’s Three Gorges Dam, currently the world’s largest hydroelectric power station by generating capacity. Byscience News Staff, science.org, 9 Jan. 2025 Among the targets in Yemen hit Thursday by a force of 25 Israeli warplanes: the international airport in the capital of Sanaa, power stations, a port, and an oil terminal. Dina Kraft, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Dec. 2024 The power station uses £5M ($6M) of fuel which is shipped from South Africa each year. Matthew MacConnell, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for power station 

Word History

First Known Use

1887, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of power station was in 1887

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“Power station.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/power%20station. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.

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