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powerhouse

[pou-er-hous] / ˈpaʊ ərˌhaʊs /




















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Coming on the heels of SpaceX’s $86 billion offering in June—and with AI powerhouse Anthropic waiting in the wings—the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

A powerhouse version of Dangerous Woman claps like thunder; and Grande's vocal riffs on Safety Net are so tremendously colossal they should be registered as the eighth wonder of the world.

From BBC Aug. 16, 2026

The Dodgers are the large-market powerhouse loaded with star power seeking their third straight World Series trophy.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 15, 2026

Jane Street, the powerhouse Wall Street trading firm, lost about $15 billion in July partly due to the troubles at hedge fund Situational Awareness, according to people familiar with the matter.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

A weak little guy like Ty, going solo without a powerhouse like Tariq to back him up?

From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon

Arsenal want to be one of the global powerhouses in world football.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

Analysts say a takeover could reshape the payments space, bringing together major fintech powerhouses.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 29, 2026

So far, Hollywood's traditional powerhouses -- Paramount, Universal, Sony, Walt Disney and Warner Bros -- have officially stayed on the sidelines of the AI shift.

From Barron's Jul. 22, 2026

Joining them are the HBO powerhouses “The Gilded Age” and “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms,” along with Apple TV’s “Your Friends and Neighbors” and last year’s biggest prestige TV conversation piece, “Pluribus.”

From Salon Jul. 9, 2026

As the fifteenth century drew on, the various Franco-Flemish courts of the Dukes of Burgundy became the artistic powerhouses of northern Europe, and it was here that Dunstaple’s new cocktail of chords really took off.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall




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