How to Use solar in a Sentence

solar

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  • What is meant by solar storm and solar wind?
    — Samuel Badman, The Conversation, 6 Oct. 2025
  • The speed of the solar surge has been startling.
    — Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 13 May 2026
  • Building solar and wind takes one to three.
    — Manna Jo Greene, New York Daily News, 16 Mar. 2026
  • First of all, solar power is big.
    — John Werner, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Think solar arrays and wind farms.
    — David Condos, NPR, 19 May 2026
  • Sandy, desert-type land is well known to be suitable for solar and wind farms.
    — Sanggay Tashi, The Conversation, 11 June 2026
  • This should be a major talking point for solar and wind.
    — Robert G. Eccles, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Just how big is the Westlands solar plan?
    — Jeff St. John, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2026
  • The spring equinox comes as the solar maximum comes to a close.
    — ABC News, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Or for the easiest way to add light, buy some solar lights.
    — Hiranmayi Srinivasan, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 May 2026
  • The surge may be rapid but solar power is not yet available at scale.
    — Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 13 May 2026
  • The tent is solar-powered and sleeps up to two people.
    — Tykesha Spivey Burton, Southern Living, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Wind and solar power are nice, but a very small part of the answer.
    — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Check solar lights to make sure panels are not blocked by dirt or debris.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2026
  • The next phase of the transition will be less about whether solar can grow.
    — Robert Rapier, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • By the way, coal plants employ many more workers than solar and wind farms.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 10 Aug. 2022
  • Yet, like other sources, solar has its limits and trade-offs.
    — Scott Montgomery, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Over the last five years, the number of homes with rooftop solar has nearly tripled.
    — Ivan Penn, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Each of these solar lawn lights stays on for up to 10+ hours when fully charged.
    — Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Wind power doesn’t work when the air is still, and solar doesn’t work during the night.
    — Big Think, 15 Oct. 2025
  • This is known as passive solar heating.
    — Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 30 Aug. 2025
  • And unlike new solar or wind projects, gas plants can be up and running in three to five years.
    — Tejasri Gururaj, Interesting Engineering, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Wind and solar would bring steadier income.
    — Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026
  • The end of solar tax credits for homeowners may flip that on its head.
    — Michael J. Coren, Washington Post, 23 June 2026
  • The Sun is made up of what solar physicists like us call plasma.
    — Samuel Badman, The Conversation, 6 Oct. 2025
  • There is an economic cost to coal or oil fuel, but not solar.
    — Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2026
  • But at night solar cells do little, and in calm air turbines sit useless.
    — Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2022
  • Most of the power would come from wind and solar energy.
    — Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 5 Feb. 2026
  • India saw record solar and wind growth that outpaced the growth in demand.
    — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2025
  • That doesn’t even do justice to the true role of solar power in our futures.
    — John Werner, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026

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