power station

noun

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Infrastructure and power stations have been relentlessly targeted. Nataliya Gumenyuk, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2025 Just as important to Transnistria’s survival, however, has been Russian gas, provided virtually free to keep a steel plant and other industries working — and to fuel the power station selling electricity to Moldova. Andrew Higgins, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2025 He’s already visited some areas earmarked for power stations under the Liberal proposal. Hilary Whiteman, CNN, 6 Feb. 2025 His designs were instrumental in constructing the first large-scale hydroelectric power station at Niagara Falls, which began operating in 1895. Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for power station

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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 12 Mar. 2025.

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