power-driven

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They added that, along with the increase in popularity of wild swimming, there has been an increase in power-driven vessels.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2025

McDonald’s may want to “send a message to their employees that any kind of power-driven relationship is out of bounds,” said Eric Schiffer, an expert on reputation management.

From New York Times • Nov. 4, 2019

In conventional manufacturing, parts are produced by humans using power-driven machine tools, such as saws, lathes, milling machines, and drill presses, to physically remove material to obtain the shape desired.

From Forbes • Jul. 23, 2012

Perhaps we need to do a little self-analysis of our money- and power-driven machismo society.

From New York Times • Dec. 10, 2011

The evolution from the first cutting machine—the old hand-operated wooden plough and press—to the present power-driven steel mechanism is like the advance from the old wooden sailing vessel to the modern steel ship.

From Paper-Cutting Machines A Primer of Information about Paper and Card Trimmers, Hand-Lever Cutters, Power Cutters and Other Automatic Machines for Cutting Paper (Typographic Technical Series Part 1, No. 10) by Grayson, David