as in pistol
a very energetic person
a dynamo who barely needs to sleep, or so it seems
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Recent Examples of dynamo
The 4-foot-7 dynamo needed a lift to ascend to the top of the podium.
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Sharyn Alfonsi, CBS News, 5 Jan. 2026
While performance rebounded a bit over the last year, the company never quite became the streaming dynamo Zaslav envisioned.
—Lucas Shaw, Fortune, 5 Dec. 2025
Rockwell and his business cronies turn up in the audience to watch Japanese dynamo Endo (Koto Kawaguchi) wipe the floor with Marty.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 1 Dec. 2025
Senior safety/outside linebacker Elian Oliva, an Air Force commit, was a dynamo.
—Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 8 Nov. 2025
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Sharyn Alfonsi, CBS News, 5 Jan. 2026
While performance rebounded a bit over the last year, the company never quite became the streaming dynamo Zaslav envisioned.
—Lucas Shaw, Fortune, 5 Dec. 2025
Rockwell and his business cronies turn up in the audience to watch Japanese dynamo Endo (Koto Kawaguchi) wipe the floor with Marty.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 1 Dec. 2025
Senior safety/outside linebacker Elian Oliva, an Air Force commit, was a dynamo.
—Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 8 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for dynamo
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dynamo
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Video from a neighbor’s Ring camera shows a man identified by police as Soto pulling a pistol, then chasing Morello while continuing to shoot and pulling the trigger at least twice after Morello stumbles and falls to the ground.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
10 Feb. 2026
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The Investigative Committee said a Makarov pistol with a silencer was discovered at the scene.—
CNN's Tim Lister,
CNN Money,
8 Feb. 2026
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Lawmakers in European powerhouse Germany have approved a government plan to attract more military recruits as the country tries to boost the ranks of its armed forces in the face of rising concern about the threat posed by Russia.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
8 Feb. 2026
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Measures approved in an emergency meeting of the FHSAA board of directors last week call for an independent playoff system designed for teams that have not wanted to compete with the powerhouses that are dominating Florida’s high school football tournaments.—
Buddy Collings,
The Orlando Sentinel,
6 Feb. 2026
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“Dynamo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dynamo. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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