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  • verb Present participle of turbocharge.

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Examples

  • Also coming from Hyundai are some technologies to make conventional more fuel-efficient, such as turbocharging for small engines, direct fuel injection and so-called "lightweighting," which is using high-strength, low-weight steel to make auto bodies.

    Hyundai, Kia, CT&T Ramp Up 2010

  • Also coming from Hyundai are some technologies to make conventional more fuel-efficient, such as turbocharging for small engines, direct fuel injection and so-called "lightweighting," which is using high-strength, low-weight steel to make auto bodies.

    Hyundai, Kia, CT&T Ramp Up 2010

  • Also coming from Hyundai are some technologies to make conventional more fuel-efficient, such as turbocharging for small engines, direct fuel injection and so-called "lightweighting," which is using high-strength, low-weight steel to make auto bodies.

    Hyundai, Kia, CT&T Ramp Up 2010

  • And the millions of small donors who overflowed the campaign's coffers are glossed as mere "turbocharging" of the "Ferrari."

    Daily Digest: On Networked Campaigns and Post-Party Politics 2008

  • And the millions of small donors who overflowed the campaign's coffers are glossed as mere "turbocharging" of the "Ferrari."

    Daily Digest: On Networked Campaigns and Post-Party Politics Scola, Nancy 2008

  • Advanced technology such as turbocharging and direct-injection help the 2.0 TFSI maintain such respectable fuel economy.

    Top Speed 2010

  • The best way to view dividends, say money managers, isn't as an end in themselves but rather as a means to other goals such as reducing volatility or boosting but not turbocharging income.

    It's Payback Time! Ben Levisohn 2011

  • General Motors Today, automakers face steep fuel-economy requirements that can be satisfied only with smaller, more efficient powertrains, resorting to all kinds of fuel-air trickery: supercharging, turbocharging, and gas-electric hybridization.

    This Buick Revs but Doesn't Roar 2011

  • Newer front wheel drive and all-wheel drive technologies and turbocharging that cranks significant power from small engines also help.

    Luxury Car Makers Think Small Joseph B. White 2012

  • With the variable valve timing and turbocharging, the engine produces a nice, even 148 pound-feet of torque across a broad range of engine speed (rpm).

    Brand-New and Almost Out of Date 2010

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