generator
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"A ventilator came to a halt, but we do have a generator at the hospital."
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
If a utility sells 100 MWh of electricity, but only 50 MWh qualifies as renewable while the state requires 60 MWh, it can buy 10 RECs from another renewable generator to close the gap.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
EREVs also drive like EVs, including instant acceleration even when the battery is drawing from the generator.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
“Is there a small generator? Are all the windows intact? Is there fresh trash? Is there plastic on the roof?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
I never knew that a purring cat feels like a mini version of Henry’s generator.
From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
At one of the two main public hospitals, a doctor in the pediatrics emergency department is used to watching medical equipment suddenly shut down until the generators kick in.
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
Electricity costs and state regulations on gas-powered generators limit the vast majority of them to under 100 megawatts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
For decades, he supervised the coal conveyor belt that fed generators, breathing in dust and gas that "nipped his throat".
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
"That methane we use as a fuel for engines that run generators and the generators produce electricity - and we then inject the electricity back into the National Grid," he explained.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Gas-powered generators thrummed at the end of each, and air conditioners hung out of the windows.
From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer
Vocabulary lists containing generator
Physical Science - Energy - Middle School
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Electrical Engineering
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Engineering - Middle School
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