electric
Example Sentences
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As productivity boomed after World War II, the U.S. doubled its electric power capacity every decade.
From Barron's
Nets have been placed over certain streets; in previous years metal kite strings have fallen on to electricity wires giving an electric shock to anyone holding them - and causing the wires to short circuit.
From BBC
The moves closely track the way in which China built up other industries, such as electric vehicles, which benefited from incentives for buyers to help stimulate demand.
Changes to cars – not just sales of electric vehicles, but emissions standards on newer diesel and petrol engines – are improving air quality.
From BBC
Starting any new car company in America, let alone an electric one, requires uncanny maneuvering and persistence against every kind of bureaucratic, regulatory and political sandbagging.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
