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grid

[grid] / grɪd /
NOUN
gridiron
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NOUN
conducting plate
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Developers can start by paying for grid upgrades or securing their own power.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

Webber was starting from 11th place in the grid and Klien - in only his sixth race - was starting from 14th.

From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026

On the edge of the site, with the latest threat over, a team returns to reinstating the power lines feeding the national grid.

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026

That project is being built on SpaceX-owned land and will generate its own electricity rather than drawing from the grid, the company said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026

Then I went in myself, closing the grid behind me and pushing the panel half shut again, its normal position.

From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien

This can put pressure on water supplies, but also electricity grids still heavily reliant on planet-warming fossil fuels.

From Barron's ● Nov. 8, 2026

I sat there, sketching grids on a legal pad, trying to figure out how this new type of publication would work.

From Slate ● Nov. 6, 2026

Anthropic said AI could provide individually tailored education and expert financial and legal advice, advance power grids and battery design for greater efficiency and reliability and help the "developing world" build more technological capabilities.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

They also have the potential to support extraordinarily powerful magnets, making them promising for future power grids, medical scanners, and quantum computers.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026

I crouched down some more to get a closer peek inside one of our girder grids.

From "The Stars Beneath Our Feet" by David Barclay Moore


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