How to Use substation in a Sentence

substation

noun
  • So will large substations with the largest impact.
    — Katie Landeck, The Providence Journal, 22 Feb. 2026
  • So will large substations with the largest impact.
    — Katie Landeck, The Providence Journal, 23 Feb. 2026
  • This storm would be the perfect time to hit some substations and knock out power.
    — Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 26 Sep. 2024
  • The four-story substation was filled with smoke and had to be vented.
    — Alyce McFadden, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Cables from both substations are mounted on a wall, with the switch at the base of the wall.
    — Joe Taschler, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 19 Dec. 2017
  • The voltage is reduced there and sent on to other substations around the city.
    — Patrick McGeehan, New York Times, 15 July 2019
  • And there are plans to build a new Southfield police substation on the site.
    — Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 19 Sep. 2024
  • Transmission lines are what moves the power from a plant to a substation.
    — Marcia Heroux Pounds, Sun-Sentinel.com, 5 Oct. 2017
  • Two gates allowing access to the substation will be able to be sealed in the event of a storm.
    — John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 12 Aug. 2025
  • This means growth without new substations or cooling retrofits.
    — Ron Schmelzer, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Workers were inside the central hub of the wind farm, a large gray substation.
    — ABC News, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Workers were inside the central hub of the wind farm, a large gray substation.
    — Jennifer McDermott, CNN Money, 29 Apr. 2026
  • There’s a substation there, but part of that property is unused.
    — Page Leggett, Charlotte Observer, 1 Feb. 2024
  • That’s the substations and wires and poles that bring the power literally to your door.
    — Jan Ellen Spiegel, Hartford Courant, 10 Apr. 2024
  • At the same time offshore wind farms are already equipped with substations and export cables.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Video from outside the substation shows Cortez sitting in the car talking on the phone.
    — Emilie Eaton, ExpressNews.com, 27 June 2019
  • The two-story red-orange brick building was built as a city police substation.
    — Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 July 2026
  • As of now, the city will man the substation for a year then sell it to someone looking to live in the neighborhood.
    — Roy S. Johnson, AL.com, 4 Mar. 2018
  • Bowlin said the substation is designed to protect the equipment in that event.
    — Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Local news footage showed a large plume of black smoke and flames erupting from the substation as crews assembled in the rain.
    — Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 25 July 2023
  • The exact location of the substation on the western end of the line has not been released yet.
    — Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2026
  • For Kathryn Henkel, the substation outage was a nerve-racking blow.
    — oregonlive, 30 Dec. 2022
  • For Kathryn Henkel, the substation outage was a nerve-wracking blow.
    — Hal Bernton, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Dec. 2022
  • At the police substation that night, the parents were taken into a room where their son was being held.
    — Gina Kaufman, Detroit Free Press, 23 Feb. 2024
  • At the police substation that night, the parents were taken into a room where their son was being held.
    — Gina Kaufman, Detroit Free Press, 23 Feb. 2024
  • The first strikes at the substation damaged a number of transformers.
    — Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2023
  • At the offshore site, crews assembled a substation over the summer.
    — Patrick McGeehan, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2024
  • The country’s roads, substations, rail corridors, and ports have all been damaged.
    — Ariel Cohen, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
  • This isn't the first time this particular substation has been at the center of a major outage.
    — James Powel, USA Today, 21 Dec. 2025
  • The second building and an electrical substation would make up phase 2.
    — Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 4 Sep. 2025

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