Sentence examples for powered from inspiring English sources

The word "powered" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe something that is active or in motion. For example: "The powered vehicle zoomed around the track."

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From the transformation of much loved icons of the community – Middlesbrough FC will soon be powered by wind – to other invisible but no less important changes, such as Bath converting its streetlights to highly efficient LEDs.

Goldman reported its results after JP Morgan Chase – the biggest US bank – announced a 12% rise in first-quarter profits, powered by its investment banking arm, and as Citigroup revealed a 21% rise in profits to $3.9bn £2.6bnn).

Because definitions of the smart city remain so vague, I think it's worth thinking carefully about what this might mean – beyond, that is, the 7,000 billion rupees (£70bn) in financing that India's high powered expert committee on urban infrastructure believes the scheme will require over the next 20 years.

But no: it has powered along, steadily gaining momentum.

Similarly in Woking, council buildings, offices and flats are powered by energy from a company owned by the local council.

Microsoft has yet to announce whether Windows RT, which only runs on tablets powered by smartphone-class ARM processors, will be upgraded to Windows 10.

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An earlier version suggested that the Ironbridge power station was coal-powered.

The grid cited emergency shutdowns at two UK nuclear power stations operated by French firm EDF and fires at a large coal-powered plant and and another fuelled by biomass.

Campaigners who have worked on FGM for years celebrated this incredible, people-powered victory.

An app that shows the potential of Android Wear-powered smartwatches as part of the Internet of Things movement we've been heading towards for about 10 years.

Intent on offering his condolences and meeting Abdullah's successor in person, Obama led an exceptionally high-powered delegation to Riyadh that included former secretaries of state, past presidential candidates and senior military commanders.

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