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grid

[grid] / grɪd /
NOUN
gridiron
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NOUN
conducting plate
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Olaosebikan's station will use solar and compressed natural gas to power its chargers, with the national grid as back-up.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

Key challenges include approval from grid operators and power companies to connect data centers to the system, given power-hungry facilities threaten to strain the grid during times of high electricity demand.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Nigeria's GDP is the fourth largest in Africa, but after years of mismanagement and corruption, its grid is often shakier than that of neighbouring, poorer countries.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

For much of the past three years, the country barred new data centers to ensure its electricity grid could cope.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

Z glanced toward Rashid, who was kneeling next to a grid of metal strips he was fastening together with wire and twine.

From "Time Bomb" by Joelle Charbonneau




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