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electricity

[ih-lek-tris-i-tee, ee-lek-] / ɪ lɛkˈtrɪs ɪ ti, ˌi lɛk- /


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Electricity rewired civilization but took four decades to show up meaningfully in productivity data.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

Electricity could cut that by 40% to 70%, depending on the circumstances.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

Electricity does not show up at a data center because somebody at Goldman Sachs hoped hard.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026

Electricity went from an expensive, highly localized urban luxury to a ubiquitous global utility, driving the Second Industrial Revolution and making the modern city possible.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

Grandma hadn’t stopped spinning once, even for the Miracle of Forty-Seven Seconds of Electricity.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows




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