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grid

[grid] / grɪd /
NOUN
gridiron
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NOUN
conducting plate
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Shortly after completing it, he blocked Norris' team-mate Oscar Piastri and the stewards imposed a three-place grid penalty.

From BBC Jul. 25, 2026

The White House persuaded tech companies and utilities to pledge to avoid shifting data-center grid costs onto regular households.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

The strikes further strained a power grid that survived the 1990 Iraqi invasion and occupation, as well as a round of Iranian attacks earlier this year.

From Barron's Jul. 21, 2026

What follows — the drained reserves, the mismatched oil, the strained grid and the price we all pay — is the fallout.

From MarketWatch Jul. 21, 2026

Dad said one day we would be completely off the grid.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

Higher rates can raise the cost of every dollar borrowed to build data centers, develop specialized chips or upgrade power grids.

From MarketWatch Jul. 23, 2026

This space weather can interfere with satellites, communications, navigation systems, and electrical power grids on Earth.

From Science Daily Jul. 21, 2026

Both companies enable new data centers to bypass utility grids via their natural gas fuel cells and turbines, respectively.

From MarketWatch Jul. 13, 2026

When big enough, solar storms can damage satellites, electronics and even power grids on Earth.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

He broke open the vacuum chamber and pulled off the tungsten grids by hand.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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