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Recent Examples of actuator
Each one’s fin actuators run on samarium-cobalt magnets.
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Steve H. Hanke,
Fortune,
30 Apr. 2026
The submarine cable-cutting technology relies on an electro-hydrostatic actuator consisting of a hydraulic pump, an electric motor, and a control unit.
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Jonathan M. Gitlin,
ArsTechnica,
16 Apr. 2026
Kim’s proprioceptive electric actuators, also called quasi-direct drive actuators, simplified things.
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John Pavlus,
Quanta Magazine,
13 Mar. 2026
While older torque vectoring systems use the brakes to balance power between wheels, Audi’s setup here is active, using an electric motor actuator to make huge power deltas between the left and right wheels if necessary.
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Andrew P. Collins,
The Drive,
19 Feb. 2026
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Steve H. Hanke,
Fortune,
30 Apr. 2026
The submarine cable-cutting technology relies on an electro-hydrostatic actuator consisting of a hydraulic pump, an electric motor, and a control unit.
—
Jonathan M. Gitlin,
ArsTechnica,
16 Apr. 2026
Kim’s proprioceptive electric actuators, also called quasi-direct drive actuators, simplified things.
—
John Pavlus,
Quanta Magazine,
13 Mar. 2026
While older torque vectoring systems use the brakes to balance power between wheels, Audi’s setup here is active, using an electric motor actuator to make huge power deltas between the left and right wheels if necessary.
—
Andrew P. Collins,
The Drive,
19 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for actuator
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But for some women, increasing earning power is the lever that creates more room than any expense cut ever could.
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Tom then explains the actual Trolley Problem, the philosophical debate about having to choose whether to pull a lever that will prevent a runaway trolley from killing multiple people, but will still result in the death of a single person.
Noun
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The knob controls volume and can be clicked to pause and resume content (double- or triple-clicking skips and reverses songs, respectively).
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Your left hand gets a 7-bar pad with 14 customizable assignments, while your right hand uses a pick-style strum knob with a dynamic up-down response.
Noun
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In another instance, investigators identified a gray button on a test-taker's shirt as a concealed camera.
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Never heard of button-sized Colima?
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These walls, activated by shooting a switch, permanently block pathways for the remainder of the round, dynamically altering gameplay.
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And perhaps most significantly Iran has discovered this new muscle, the use of turning the Strait on and off with the flip of a switch.
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“Actuator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/actuator. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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