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as in spirits
a spiritual force that is held to emanate from or give animation to living beings
many Eastern cultures believe in the significance of life energy in the healing process
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as in fuels
something with a usable capacity for doing work
some of the power needs of the house are provided by solar energy
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Recent Examples of energies
Those pull our energies in opposite directions.
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Mathew Rodriguez, Them, 9 Dec. 2024
Unlike in 2014, when Moscow stepped in to save Assad, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s energies – and most of his jets, troops and mercinaries – are elsewhere.
—Rob Picheta, CNN, 9 Dec. 2024
This is, in part, due to the variety of astrological energies that need to be navigated at this time.
—Skyler Caruso, People.com, 8 Dec. 2024
Moreover, imbued in each creation is Coin’s belief in the joy of nature, making his jewelry resonate with life’s vibrant energies.
—Fairchild Studio, WWD, 7 Dec. 2024
With the energies that supernovae impart to these particles — on the order of around ~10–50 MeV per quantum of energy — the neutrinos will move at speeds indistinguishable from the speed of light.
—Big Think, 5 Dec. 2024
Without a quick switch from dirty fuels to cleaner energies, its pollution is forecast to soar.
—Brooke Seipel, Fortune Europe, 4 Dec. 2024
In November the cosmic energies gave us a time of depth, revelation, and renewal.
—Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Dec. 2024
From this, the team says that the majority of the electrons, boasting energies below 1 TeV, probably came from a range of distant objects.
—Michael Irving, New Atlas, 29 Nov. 2024
Mathew Rodriguez, Them, 9 Dec. 2024
Unlike in 2014, when Moscow stepped in to save Assad, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s energies – and most of his jets, troops and mercinaries – are elsewhere.
—Rob Picheta, CNN, 9 Dec. 2024
This is, in part, due to the variety of astrological energies that need to be navigated at this time.
—Skyler Caruso, People.com, 8 Dec. 2024
Moreover, imbued in each creation is Coin’s belief in the joy of nature, making his jewelry resonate with life’s vibrant energies.
—Fairchild Studio, WWD, 7 Dec. 2024
With the energies that supernovae impart to these particles — on the order of around ~10–50 MeV per quantum of energy — the neutrinos will move at speeds indistinguishable from the speed of light.
—Big Think, 5 Dec. 2024
Without a quick switch from dirty fuels to cleaner energies, its pollution is forecast to soar.
—Brooke Seipel, Fortune Europe, 4 Dec. 2024
In November the cosmic energies gave us a time of depth, revelation, and renewal.
—Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Dec. 2024
From this, the team says that the majority of the electrons, boasting energies below 1 TeV, probably came from a range of distant objects.
—Michael Irving, New Atlas, 29 Nov. 2024
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“Energies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/energies. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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