How to Use at full power in a Sentence

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  • That said, the one key thing a cordless tool can't do is stay at full power full time.
    The Editors, Outdoor Life, 19 Sep. 2019
  • The lithium battery takes four and a half hours to charge, and lasts about that long at full power.
    Outside Online, 9 Mar. 2022
  • Heat at full power for about 90 seconds per two pounds of soil.
    Lynn Coulter, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Oct. 2020
  • Unlike last year, the Lightning have captain Steven Stamkos back at full power this time around.
    Carol Schram, Forbes, 28 June 2021
  • The 60d is less expensive by $30 and offers more brightness at full power.
    Stinson Carter, Wired, 14 July 2022
  • Re-cover tightly, and return to the microwave at full power for 8 more minutes.
    Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2021
  • If motion is detected, the light switches on at full power mode.
    Nor'adila Hepburn, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 June 2024
  • Tuesday's display was a glimpse at what the junior midfielder can do at full power.
    J.l. Kirven, The Courier-Journal, 19 Oct. 2022
  • In preparation for completing the record-breaking challenge, the one traveler will spend four weeks on the ground in Nepal over the winter when the jet stream is at full power.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 2 Sep. 2021
  • The whole system, which can hold five to 12 hours’ worth of electricity discharging at full power, costs a half-million pounds.
    IEEE Spectrum, 12 June 2023
  • Only one run involving tug boats averted the disaster, and even then only when two tugs at full power were tethered to the ship all the way under the bridge.
    USA TODAY, 11 Apr. 2024
  • So black pixels appear truly black, while bright pixels can be run at full power, allowing unsurpassed levels of contrast.
    IEEE Spectrum, 4 Aug. 2022
  • Obviously, not everything will go as planned, and the capacity estimates represent the production that would result if a plant ran non-stop at full power—something no form of power is able to do.
    John Timmer, Ars Technica, 10 Feb. 2023
  • Most efficient when running at full power for long periods, the technology was not well suited to the stop-start nature of passenger operation.
    Ben Jones, CNN, 8 June 2021
  • Originally expected to happen as early as Sunday, the flight was postponed until no earlier than Wednesday after a problem during a test of spinning the rotor blades at full power.
    BostonGlobe.com, 10 Apr. 2021
  • By featuring additive and subtractive color mixing in the same image, Kitaoka’s hybrid color scheme accomplishes both dark and light levels of brightness and color, even though each point in the image is blazing at full power.
    Stephen MacKnik, Scientific American, 1 July 2021
  • But others see national politics influencing the call to run the generating stations — including the oldest or dirtiest-burning — at full power for the duration of summer.
    Sibi Arasu, ajc, 1 Apr. 2023

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