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Recent Examples of converterOne extra set of clothes, an overnight bag, chargers, a passport, the super universal converter, and an eye mask.—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 2 May 2026 The team took advantage of the phase difference between the two oscillations to turn the ILO into a kind of frequency-to-phase converter circuit.—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Apr. 2026 The agency said the DC-DC converter can fail due to an internal fault in the boost control microchip.—Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2026 Rather than packing a traditional Type B to Type M and C converter, find adapters that have USB and USB-C ports as well to minimize electronic bulk in your suitcase.—Abbey Hudetz, Travel + Leisure, 16 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for converter
Hybrid systems that use gasoline and electric batteries to power the engine, regenerative braking that recovers energy when a car slows down, and energy recovery from exhaust heat all advanced through F1 before becoming common in everyday cars.
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Caitlin Grady,
The Conversation,
19 May 2026
The protocol developed by Boeing includes a new bearing in the engine mount on each side of the aircraft, according to FedEx.
The repairs follow a transformer explosion and electrical fire last June which temporarily left both buildings without power.
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Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
14 May 2026
National Transportation Safety Board documents showed investigators had found a loose cable in a transformer and breaker system that had been switched on by crew members before departing the Baltimore port.
In some cases, these ducts are controlled manually with cables and vacuum motors; in other cases, they are computer-controlled with electric motors and sensors.
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John Paul Senior Manager Public Affairs And Traffic Safety Aaa Northeast,
Hartford Courant,
16 May 2026
Just as watching someone reach for an object activates your own motor representations, the researchers found that watching someone else recoil in disgust activates your own disgust system.
The actress continued to argue there are limits to what machines can replicate.
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Stephanie Giang-Paunon,
FOXNews.com,
14 May 2026
Yet masculinism also functions as a perpetual-motion machine of grievance, an inarticulate howl of anguish at the status quo—whatever that currently is.