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horsepower

[hawrs-pou-er] / ˈhɔrsˌpaʊ ər /






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"What we've done is taken two of our 74 horsepower engines from our construction machines, we've laid them on their side and we've turned the power up," Lee Harper, chief engineer at JCB, explained.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

Demand may also need time to catch up with that extra datacenter horsepower, while macro cycles are still an important consideration.

From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026

The Luce can generate more than 1,000 horsepower and accelerate from zero to 60 miles per hour in about 2.5 seconds.

From Barron's • May 26, 2026

For 12 seasons, Wolff could count on Lewis Hamilton to wring every last drop of horsepower out of any car he gave him.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

John Glenn weighed only 186 pounds, but we needed one-quarter million pounds of rocket fuel with thrust equal to 3.5 million horsepower to lift him into space and get him safely home again.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson




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