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- noun Plural form of
switchyard .
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Examples
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This song has a sample of a train whistle in it and I always think it's real cause the switchyards are just a block away.
nessus Diary Entry nessus 2003
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She lingered longest by the fence, always alone, peeping, Gertie thought, between the cracks of the upright boards at the trains going by and the slowly moving engines in the switchyards.
The Dollmaker Harriette Arnow 1954
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Southern Power & Controls technical team's expertise in the implementation and maintenance of complex electrical and control systems will significantly augment Infrax's technical capabilities, especially as it relates to switchyards, substations and distribution systems.
unknown title 2011
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Mr Purches says switchyards are incredibly dangerous places dealing with hundreds of thousands of volts.
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The utility's evaluation reviews the potential effects of refurbishing, reenergizing and upgrading existing transmission lines and switchyards constructed at the site in anticipation of the original plant going online.
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The utility's evaluation reviews the potential effects of refurbishing, reenergizing and upgrading existing transmission lines and switchyards constructed at the site in anticipation of the original plant going online.
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The USD$196-million NIF conventional facility including the concrete foundations and monolithic mat floor slabs for the switchyards and target bay (six feet thick) and the foundations for the laser building; the Optics Assembly Building and the laser building's envelope were completed on September 28, 2001.
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The utility's evaluation reviews the potential effects of refurbishing, reenergizing and upgrading existing transmission lines and switchyards constructed at the site in anticipation of the original plant going online.
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The utility's evaluation reviews the potential effects of refurbishing, reenergizing and upgrading existing transmission lines and switchyards constructed at the site in anticipation of the original plant going online.
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The utility's evaluation reviews the potential effects of refurbishing, reenergizing and upgrading existing transmission lines and switchyards constructed at the site in anticipation of the original plant going online.
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