powerhouse

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Our correspondent says even Brazil, the Latin American powerhouse, has been feeling the effects of the credit crunch.

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  1. noun See power plant.
  2. noun One that possesses great force or energy: She is an editorial powerhouse.

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  • The technical powerhouse, which is spending $90m to acquire four buildings, downplayed reports of the purchases —  The Harvard Crimson :: News
  • One nice thing about her being a "powerhouse" -- it means Joe Biden can take off the gloves for the VP debate. —  The Seventh Sense
  • Once the expansion is complete, the powerhouse will be able to produce up to 1,200 kilowatts of power per hour. —  QCOnline Metro News
  • Be careful about portraying a corpulent clown as a powerhouse, as some Limbaugh stories do, lest you turn him into one. —  Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz
  • Not only is Maine known as a powerhouse of strong hitters who make a living swinging for the fences, many of them are lefties - a strategic nightmare considering Penn's dearth of southpaws. —  The Daily Pennsylvanian
 

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