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electricity

[ih-lek-tris-i-tee, ee-lek-] / ɪ lɛkˈtrɪs ɪ ti, ˌi lɛk- /


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“The climate credit provides direct savings on summer bills and, together with lower electricity rates this year, helps make energy more affordable for customers.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

The country has four ageing nuclear reactors, including the two at Beznau, which produce around a tenth of Switzerland's electricity demand.

From Barron's Aug. 28, 2026

But it also noted the "significant resource and policy questions they raise", including electricity demand, grid capacity, water use, land requirements, biodiversity and impacts on local communities.

From BBC Aug. 27, 2026

She was born in the hills of Tennessee, the fourth of 12 children of a sharecropper and his wife who lived in a shack without electricity or running water.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

Her throat was dry and her stomach was full of little jolts of electricity.

From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn




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