power station

noun

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The Chernobyl disaster occurred when technicians at the power station, near Pripyat in the north of Ukraine, then part of the Soviet Union, ran a test on reactor number four to simulate shutting it down during an electricity blackout. The Week Uk, TheWeek, 26 Apr. 2026 By virtue of these transactions, Dairyland will be able to operate these power stations until 2045, not 2030. The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026 Never tested in orbit, NASA’s robot could, in theory, perform tasks like weaving solar power stations and antennae in space from spools of carbon fiber. Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 25 Apr. 2026 Nataliia, who was seventy-three, lived on the seventh floor of a blocky Soviet-era apartment building on Kyiv’s Left Bank, not far from a power station. Lizzie Johnson, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for power station

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First Known Use

1887, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of power station was in 1887

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“Power station.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/power%20station. Accessed 1 May. 2026.

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