How to Use off-grid in a Sentence

off-grid

adjective
  • But the stars of this off-grid spot are surely the koalas.
    Elizabeth Warkentin, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 July 2024
  • Most of them have been small off-grid or remote-grid systems.
    Kat Friedrich, Ars Technica, 20 Sep. 2024
  • The company hopes to get up to 500 off-grid homes connected each year.
    Ginger Zee, ABC News, 22 Apr. 2024
  • The dry composting method will be familiar to those with off-grid homes.
    Jacqui Palumbo, CNN, 22 Feb. 2024
  • The new models are designed to provide customers with the ability to go off-grid and explore the world with ease.
    Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 23 May 2023
  • Between the low range and slow charging, this isn't really a car suited for off-grid trips.
    Geoff Nudelman, Ars Technica, 4 June 2024
  • As such, the Bon Voyage could be plugged into a battery and operate off-grid.
    Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 17 Jan. 2024
  • An outdoorsy, off-grid lifestyle has been part of the island’s history from the outset.
    Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 10 July 2023
  • But off-grid renewables are only one part of the solution.
    Yemi Osinbajo, Foreign Affairs, 31 Aug. 2021
  • This was surprising to learn, given the very quiet, out-of-the-way location—but that’s exactly the appeal for those who want to go off-grid.
    Alice Cary, Vogue, 17 Aug. 2024
  • The island is equipped with its own off-grid backup battery that’s powered by solar panels and a wind turbine.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 3 Jan. 2024
  • With each scroll, Meta's almighty algorithm fed me more images of their off-grid digital detox cabins.
    Kate Lucy, theweek, 18 Sep. 2024
  • Now, homeowners are on the hook for finding off-grid alternatives, as well as paying to fix damage to their homes.
    Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 5 Sep. 2024
  • The architects say that the IWI comes with electrical and plumbing hookups, though it can also be used in an off-grid installation.
    Kimberley Mok, Treehugger, 20 Apr. 2023
  • The roughly 10-acre off-grid retreat in the Florida Keys features a five-bedroom home, a boat dock, a pickleball court, and a helipad.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 9 Aug. 2024
  • Paradise Ranch is another dreamy stay, with both mirrored off-grid cabins and roomy canvas bell tents available to rent.
    Emily Pennington, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 June 2023
  • There is also a solar farm and a 5,000-gallon holding tank that allow the property to operate off-grid.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 25 May 2023
  • That’s because adding poles, wires, and even off-grid solar systems will do little to alleviate the crushing poverty that leads people to cut large swaths of trees.
    IEEE Spectrum, 4 Aug. 2020
  • The rugged, collapsible soaking tub packs down to car camping size, traveling anywhere on- or off-grid to bring that steamy soak deep into the most superlative scenery around.
    New Atlas, 16 July 2024
  • On the page, Savannah and Joy went to a completely off-grid health retreat together, part ways at the end of it, and Joy returns home stunned to find everyone thinking she'd been killed.
    Lauren Huff, EW.com, 14 Mar. 2024
  • Users of those phones can text emergency services via satellite while off-grid with no cellular or WiFi coverage.
    Julia Daye, Sacramento Bee, 20 Feb. 2024
  • The house is built around five main principles, which can be applied to any climate and location to make an off-grid house suited to its local environment.
    Maghie Ghali, Architectural Digest, 13 July 2024
  • The album also exults in musical zingers, non sequiturs and startling off-grid eruptions.
    Jon Pareles, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2024
  • Those that produce or acquire power off-grid would be subject to tax based on an estimate of electricity costs.
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 4 May 2023
  • In the years since, it's developed an Indigenous workforce that has installed 2.5-kilowatt off-grid solar and battery storage systems in 72 homes across the Hopi and Navajo Nations.
    The Arizona Republic, 29 Feb. 2024
  • After the utility issues, he’s started working on plans to covert his home to solar power — an off-grid, above-ground energy solution.
    Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2024
  • Its newest product promises to be its most revolutionary yet, providing an off-grid means of charging electric vehicles, both on the move and when parked.
    New Atlas, 1 Aug. 2024
  • The property also has an off-grid cabin with solar power and generator.
    Jeastman, oregonlive, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Completely off-grid, the lodge runs off solar panels, uses of thermal heating, and all of the property’s water comes from an on-property well and is recycled after use.
    Breanna Wilson, CNN, 30 Mar. 2023
  • The county's remote areas provide the essential seclusion and resources necessary for off-grid living.
    Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 6 Aug. 2024

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