How to Use power plant in a Sentence
power plant
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The world doesn’t need any more power plants.
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Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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Coal ash is what is left after a power plant burns coal.
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Alex Burton,
Chicago Tribune,
28 June 2026
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Watkins is clear that this money isn’t just about new power plants.
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Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Apr. 2026
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Trump has threatened to bomb bridges and power plants in Iran.
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Emily Guskin,
ABC News,
23 Apr. 2026
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The electric car might still one day become a power plant on wheels.
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IEEE Spectrum,
11 Mar. 2023
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And none of them are being used at coal-burning power plants.
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Matthew Glasser,
ABC News,
4 June 2026
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There were father and son at the power plant, both in hard hats and grinning.
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Brittny Mejia Staff Writer,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Jan. 2022
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But at the back of her mind is always the fate of the nuclear-power plant.
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Anna Nemtsova,
The Atlantic,
14 Oct. 2022
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Many of the strikes appear to originate from the area around the power plant.
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Simon Shuster,
Time,
23 Oct. 2025
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Trump on social media vowed to hit Iran's power plants and bridges.
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Compiled Bydemocrat-Gazette Stafffrom Wire Reports,
Arkansas Online,
6 Apr. 2026
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Nukapigak’s decision to leave cost him his job at the power plant.
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Joshua Partlow,
Anchorage Daily News,
27 June 2022
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Is Ohio’s air about to get cleaner with the closure of an old coal power plant?
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Laura Johnston,
cleveland,
19 Jan. 2023
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In many cases, utilities would have to build new power plants.
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Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
10 Oct. 2025
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The stranger told him about airframe and power plant mechanic school.
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Wilborn P. Nobles Iii,
Dallas Morning News,
27 Feb. 2026
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When the voltage surged, transformers and power plants shut down.
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Julia Simon,
NPR,
8 Oct. 2025
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Those mines supply 34 power plants in 19 states.
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Jordan Blum,
Fortune,
4 Oct. 2025
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And the state is expected to soon close its only major coal power plant.
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New York Times,
30 May 2022
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That could equate to the output of about one or two big modern power plants, or a few mid-sized power plants.
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Claudia Levens,
jsonline.com,
6 Mar. 2026
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But Putin has shown no willingness to release his grip on the power plant.
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Simon Shuster,
Time,
23 Oct. 2025
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The steam from the cooling towers of the power plant that the coal feeds rises on the horizon.
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Alicia Adamczyk,
Fortune Europe,
9 July 2024
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Grant Town was the only remaining power plant in his state that burned gob.
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New York Times,
27 Mar. 2022
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The power plant repeatedly has been caught in the crossfire of the war.
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Jon Gambrell and Adam Schreck,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Oct. 2022
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The company plans to build its first power plant in Virginia.
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Jeff Young,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 June 2025
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The Star-Telegram also asked when the power plant will be built.
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Elizabeth Campbell,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 June 2026
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Obama’s rule on power plant emissions was stayed by the Supreme Court.
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Maydeen Merino,
The Washington Examiner,
23 Aug. 2025
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That same poll found a wide partisan gap on bombing Iran’s bridges and power plants.
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Emily Guskin,
ABC News,
23 Apr. 2026
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Coal power plants, for example, burn coal to boil water and pump steam through the turbine.
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Harry Stevens,
Washington Post,
18 July 2024
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Peabody’s projection was based on the premise that existing power plants can burn more coal.
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Jordan Blum,
Fortune,
4 Oct. 2025
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On the southwest edge of town, the power plant and mine punctuate the grasslands where deer and elk roam.
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Karin Brulliard,
Washington Post,
20 Nov. 2023
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There will still be a lengthy process before new power plants are built and more supplies enter the market.
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Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
16 Jan. 2026
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