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turbine

[tur-bin, -bahyn] / ˈtɜr bɪn, -baɪn /


NOUN
rotary engine
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Nikolai, the turbine engineer, was married with two sons at the time of the accident.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

The windswept community is home to historic mill houses and a new low-income housing complex right next to where the turbine components will be stacked and assembled.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

"An electric car contains 80 kg of copper, compared with 20 kg in a conventional one," he notes, while "a wind turbine contains between four and ten tons of copper per megawatt."

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

The costs for development of offshore turbine farms now look too high to be worth continuing, TotalEnergies said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

He began again, starting with Juno’s unforgiving cruelty, sweeping into the cave of winds, and finally breaking into the storm: ruunt et terras turbine perflant.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt




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