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recharge

[ree-chahrj, ree-chahrj, ree-chahrj] / riˈtʃɑrdʒ, riˈtʃɑrdʒ, ˈriˌtʃɑrdʒ /


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These cables, sometimes included with your car from the manufacturer, allow you to draw a charge from another battery or vehicle and recharge your battery enough to turn the starter.

From MarketWatch Aug. 20, 2026

At the lots, the company’s 56 cars recharge and are cleaned and serviced by contractors.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 29, 2026

Intense rainfall may fall in the wrong locations, run off too quickly, or fail to recharge the systems that sustain the lakes.

From Science Daily Jul. 21, 2026

Then it could recharge the cars battery as you travel and when you park.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 29, 2026

To Isidore he said, “What did you do, try to recharge its battery? Or locate a short in it?”

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick

That includes “extended range electric vehicles,” battery-powered cars that have an onboard generator, running on gas, that recharges batteries on the fly.

From Barron's Dec. 15, 2025

It runs 15-30 minutes on a full battery, depending on the speed, and recharges in 45 minutes to about 3 hours, depending on your charger.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 2, 2025

Regenerative braking in EVs, which recharges the battery, does not involve friction.

From BBC Aug. 4, 2025

The wetland attracts birds, such as coots and tricolored blackbirds, and also recharges the aquifer that the roots of cottonwoods and willows tap into.

From Los Angeles Times May 26, 2024

The man who enjoys his work requires less time for recreation and exercise, for his enjoyment recharges the storage battery of energy.

From Increasing Human Efficiency in Business, a contribution to the psychology of business by Walter Dill Scott

Aluminum-air batteries have off-the-charts storage capacity but can’t be recharged.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 19, 2026

"It stores sunlight, and it can be recharged."

From Science Daily May 15, 2026

He was taking a class on air conditioning systems, and his vehicle’s AC needed to be recharged.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 6, 2026

Nicola Shaw, chief executive of Yorkshire Water, told BBC 5 Live said: "I expect it to last until the winter as that is when the reservoirs will have recharged."

From BBC Jul. 11, 2025

These encounters leave me both exhausted and recharged, desperate and fulfilled.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

Russell lost that place because he hit the harvest limit early, which meant he was not recharging into the chicane so had less energy for the restart.

From BBC Mar. 29, 2026

Battery recharging is often necessary by coasting on straightaways.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 22, 2026

Other agencies are recharging aquifers at dozens of sites across California and are building more facilities to replenish groundwater.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 21, 2026

The distance that electric trucks can travel without recharging can be drastically cut when towing heavy loads or operating in less ideal conditions, such as cold weather.

From MarketWatch Nov. 29, 2025

Every time I step out in the morning and see them, they seem to have aged overnight, like sleep is actually draining life from them instead of recharging their batteries.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed



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