1
: amount of power expressed in watts
2
: dynamic or mental energy or appeal
the celebrity's high wattage
Examples of wattage in a Sentence
Use a bulb with low wattage.
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Maintaining design continuity, the new edition does not try to massively ramp up the wattage in line with modern trends.
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Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
For all the star wattage on display, there were some notable no-shows — namely, DC Studios toppers James Gunn and Peter Safran.
—Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 8 Oct. 2024
With professional-grade wattage and an acetone-resistant finish, this lamp is a splurge at $230, but well worth it, according to reviewers.
—Alanna Martine Kilkeary, Glamour, 17 Sep. 2024
Yes, in candles that ascended the stairs but more so with the star wattage that turned up to the third-annual The Albies—George and Amal Clooney‘s charitable foundation named after the anti-apartheid hero Albie Sachs.
—Vogue, 27 Sep. 2024
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Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
For all the star wattage on display, there were some notable no-shows — namely, DC Studios toppers James Gunn and Peter Safran.
—Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 8 Oct. 2024
With professional-grade wattage and an acetone-resistant finish, this lamp is a splurge at $230, but well worth it, according to reviewers.
—Alanna Martine Kilkeary, Glamour, 17 Sep. 2024
Yes, in candles that ascended the stairs but more so with the star wattage that turned up to the third-annual The Albies—George and Amal Clooney‘s charitable foundation named after the anti-apartheid hero Albie Sachs.
—Vogue, 27 Sep. 2024
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wattage
noun
watt·age
ˈwät-ij 
: amount of power expressed in watts
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