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Recent Examples of transformer
Xcel Energy confirmed Tuesday that the March 18 blackout occurred as crews were energizing a new transformer at a substation when the equipment failed.
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Brian Maass, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
Garrett would be a franchise transformer and allow the Giants’ remaining pass rushers to exist in an environment that wouldn’t force them to be the table-setter, taking on consistent double teams.
—Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
During the evening of March 10, an electrical transformer on school grounds caught fire.
—Alec Johnson, jsonline.com, 11 Mar. 2026
Her home sits atop a sea of oil, but Camacho says there has been no electricity for six years, since a transformer blew out.
—Mery Mogollón, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2026
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Brian Maass, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
Garrett would be a franchise transformer and allow the Giants’ remaining pass rushers to exist in an environment that wouldn’t force them to be the table-setter, taking on consistent double teams.
—Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
During the evening of March 10, an electrical transformer on school grounds caught fire.
—Alec Johnson, jsonline.com, 11 Mar. 2026
Her home sits atop a sea of oil, but Camacho says there has been no electricity for six years, since a transformer blew out.
—Mery Mogollón, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for transformer
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There will be plenty of additional underlying hardware updates, for example a new DC to DC converter from ABB’s Brightloop.—
James Morris,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2026
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Device will be evaluated in real operating conditions Called MARMOK A 5, the wave energy converter (WEC) will be electrically connected to the network through the Lab platform, integrated into the BiMEP infrastructures.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
16 May 2026
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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.—
Caitlin Grady,
The Conversation,
19 May 2026
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The protocol developed by Boeing includes a new bearing in the engine mount on each side of the aircraft, according to FedEx.—
Joel Rose,
NPR,
19 May 2026
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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.—
John Paul Senior Manager Public Affairs And Traffic Safety Aaa Northeast,
Hartford Courant,
16 May 2026
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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.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2026
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The actress continued to argue there are limits to what machines can replicate.—
Stephanie Giang-Paunon,
FOXNews.com,
14 May 2026
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Yet masculinism also functions as a perpetual-motion machine of grievance, an inarticulate howl of anguish at the status quo—whatever that currently is.—
Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
14 May 2026
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Fly By Jing discovered that a third-party manufacturer produces its products on equipment that also processed peanuts, which may have led to cross-contamination, according to the recall.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
14 May 2026
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The device could also diagnose sleep disorders without bulky la equipment, monitor mental health conditions over time, and sense early signs of medical complications, the university said.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
14 May 2026
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“Transformer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transformer. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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