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electric

adjective as in energetic

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He celebrated the wave of innovations that had enriched human existence—railroads, steamships, telegraphs, telephones, electric lights, anesthetics, antiseptics.

About 30 million sheep inhabit Britain’s pastures, but its vast network of hand-built, dry-stone walls—there are 20,000 miles of them in Yorkshire alone—ceased to require upkeep after the invention of electric fences.

Authorities will also introduce a new financing program to support transportation companies that purchase electric and hydrogen buses.

The tax bill also ended subsidies for electric vehicles and rooftop solar.

The company has also been struggling in China, the world’s biggest market for electric vehicles.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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