electricity
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Without electricity, the cellular connection is weak or else altogether absent.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
After the US territory was devastated by Hurricane Maria in 2017, the electricity grid still remains short of needed generating capacity.
From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026
“When we bring this massive amount of electricity demand to the grid, and there’s a couple ways the grid can respond,” Jeremiah Johnson, an environmental researcher at North Carolina State University, said.
From Salon • Jun. 12, 2026
And it switches the flow so the batteries feed electricity back into the local power grid during peak usage hours, when electricity from the network is most expensive, and during power outages.
From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026
The government provided monetary subsidies to the villagers to pay their electric bills so that they would use electricity for heating and cooking rather than chopping down trees and burning wood.
From "Camp Panda" by Catherine Thimmesh
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Vocabulary lists containing electricity
Conservation of Energy and Energy Transfer - Introductory
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Engineering - Introductory
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Conservation of Energy and Energy Transfer - Middle School
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