engines

NOUN

device that drives a machine

Synonyms

STRONGEST

appliance diesel generator instrument motor power plant tool transformer turbine weapon

STRONG

agent apparatus barrel contrivance cylinder dynamo fan horses implement means mechanism piston pot powerhouse

WEAK

power train putt-putt rubber band what's under the hood

Example Sentences

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However, the increased adoption of battery electric vehicles, or BEVs, favors the Chinese original equipment manufacturers while putting pressure on the sales volumes of European incumbents trying to unload cars with internal-combustion engines.

From MarketWatch • Jul. 1, 2026

Caterpillar said in its latest earnings call that its order backlog of reciprocating engines, which are also used by other industries such as oil and gas, rose by more than 3.5 times.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 1, 2026

Rolls-Royce RR 1.88%increase; green up pointing triangle and Caterpillar CAT 3.07%increase; up pointing triangle make the next two most popular engines, with 3.7 gigawatts and 3.6 gigawatts respectively of engines linked to announced data-center projects.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 1, 2026

A few years ago, the idea of using hundreds of small engines to power gigawatts of data-center capacity would have seemed ridiculous.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 1, 2026

If there was any chance of breaking free, the Boss wanted to be ready for it, and he was burning half a ton of coal a day to keep the engines fired.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong