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powerhouse

[pou-er-hous] / ˈpaʊ ərˌhaʊs /




















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A commercial art powerhouse, Peter Max started his career in graphic design in the 1960s.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 17, 2026

Internationally, Ukraine hardly has the reputation of a winemaking powerhouse.

From Barron's Sep. 15, 2026

Regardless of ranking, the kingdom is a crude-exporting powerhouse and now sees its export capacity severely curtailed.

From MarketWatch Sep. 14, 2026

Canada emerged from the war into a new world order of global trade shaped around the economic powerhouse of America.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 13, 2026

Massari didn’t consider his quest unreasonable, nor did he fully grasp how many steps down the ladder the drama program ranked from a powerhouse athletic team.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove

Israel, whose senior team have qualified for the World Cup just once, had beaten global powerhouses Brazil in the quarter-finals of the under-20 version of the tournament.

From BBC Sep. 17, 2026

Hong Kong is "less relevant for China's national tech ambitions" than mainland powerhouses like Shenzhen, said Gary Ng, a senior economist at Natixis.

From Barron's Sep. 13, 2026

The push into single-stock perps is part of a race among Wall Street’s new-age powerhouses to serve investors with all manner of exotic trading opportunities, including bets critics say are risky and hard to understand.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 11, 2026

Quebec and Ontario provinces in eastern Canada, the country's economic powerhouses, are especially expected to feel the pinch, they said.

From Barron's Aug. 22, 2026

Did we really think that little Mica, undefeated in its own third-rate league, could ever stand up to the big-city powerhouses around the state?

From "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli




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