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turbine

[tur-bin, -bahyn] / ˈtɜr bɪn, -baɪn /


NOUN
rotary engine
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The windswept community is home to historic mill houses and a new low-income housing complex right next to where the turbine components will be stacked and assembled.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

"An electric car contains 80 kg of copper, compared with 20 kg in a conventional one," he notes, while "a wind turbine contains between four and ten tons of copper per megawatt."

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

These produce renewable electricity by harnessing the energy of flowing water with a turbine, pump, or waterwheel.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026

The chancellor then travels to Hangzhou, often called China's "Silicon Valley," to visit the robotics group Unitree and German turbine maker Siemens Energy.

From Barron's • Feb. 24, 2026

Even at this age, Eden is the most intelligent of us, and instead of joining in, he chooses to sit there tinkering with parts of an old turbine engine.

From "Legend" by Marie Lu




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