How to Use inductive in a Sentence

inductive

adjective
  • His approach is to solve the puzzle of these inductive leaps.
    New York Times, 22 Mar. 2022
  • Keep your devices ready for anytime use with the inductive charging base.
    Jennifer Signorelli, Chron, 28 June 2021
  • Move slightly askew of the inductive charging coil alignment, and speeds would drop.
    Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Basic, inductive charging is the more likely of the two outcomes here.
    Michael Desjardin, USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2017
  • Apple is still working on inductive charging for iPhone and iPad.
    Chris Smith, BGR, 10 Oct. 2022
  • That’s inductive charging that involves placing the device on a charging mat.
    Chris Smith, BGR, 4 June 2021
  • EVs can benefit from the type of inductive charging that keeps your phone topped off at home, but the rollout of the tech has been slow.
    Car and Driver, 18 Aug. 2022
  • The classic puzzle game of inductive logic is back, purer, and clearer than ever!
    Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Nov. 2022
  • Ram is working on an inductive charging robot for its upcoming electric truck.
    Sebastian Blanco, Car and Driver, 26 Mar. 2023
  • In this design, a groove in the roadway is cut out to install inductive charging coils, fed by electrical power.
    Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 17 June 2022
  • The markets don't have full kitchens, only inductive cooktops, hence the myriad cold preparations and raw crudo on the menu.
    Bahar Anooshahr, The Arizona Republic, 13 Dec. 2022
  • However, the follow-up inductive inferences for the third and earlier weeks are not sound.
    Quanta Magazine, 22 May 2020
  • Looking back on this exercise in inductive thinking, this turned out to be remarkably prescient.
    Eli Amdur, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
  • The robotaxi will charge wirelessly through an inductive charger, Musk says.
    Verge Staff, The Verge, 10 Oct. 2024
  • Porsche Infotainment system screen view of inductive charging pull-up process.
    Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Underneath the road's asphalt surface will be a series of inductive chargers, a bit like the wireless charging pads used for mobile phones.
    Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 1 Feb. 2022
  • This includes a battery large enough for all-day operation and the hardware needed for wireless inductive charging.
    John Timmer, Ars Technica, 29 Aug. 2020
  • Gruber writes that his sources believe inductive—that is, sans wires—charging for the next iPhone will arrive later than the device's launch and with its own price tag.
    David Z. Morris, Fortune, 9 July 2017
  • Wireless, or inductive, charging is the next frontier for hybrid and electric vehicles that one day will charge in much the way your new toothbrush or cellphone does.
    Stephen Williams, New York Times, 31 May 2018
  • The robotaxi would also be charged wirelessly, through inductive charging, Musk said.
    Aarian Marshall, WIRED, 11 Oct. 2024
  • Many audiences—in a business meeting, for example—are of course composed of both inductive and deductive thinkers.
    Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes, 7 June 2021
  • Our top-level all-wheel-drive Avenir came swathed in leather upholstery, with a heated steering wheel and an inductive charging pad am0ng the niceties.
    Jack Fitzgerald, Car and Driver, 13 June 2023
  • Teach the difference between deductive, inductive and abductive thinking and the proper use of all three.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Since the 90s, electric toothbrushes with plastic bottoms have used inductive charging built into the stand.
    Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 1 Sep. 2019
  • The motor itself is actively cooled, with oil, but the inductive unit is passively cooled, with heat transfer to nearby cooling structures.
    IEEE Spectrum, 15 Apr. 2024
  • Static charging is an inductive version of the electric charging that EV owners use today.
    Irene Wright, Dallas News, 7 July 2022
  • The Magic Feet is an inductive charger for your Mac peripherals.
    Charlie Sorrel, WIRED, 20 Jan. 2012
  • The phone was tucked into an inductive charging pocket in the SUVs’ center console.
    Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 20 Aug. 2019
  • But future versions of the motor will use a wireless system, possibly based on inductive coupling, Haran says.
    IEEE Spectrum, 26 June 2025
  • The external unit powers the system with inductive charging similar to wireless phone chargers.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 27 Nov. 2025

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