actuator

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Recent Examples of actuator This humanoid robot combines advanced vision, audio and actuator systems for cutting-edge AI interaction and teleoperation. Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, FOXNews.com, 18 Apr. 2025 China's Export Controls These minerals are needed for high-performance magnets and actuators. David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Apr. 2025 Unlike its hydraulic predecessors, this version is powered by a fully electric system with all-electric actuators. Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, FOXNews.com, 9 Apr. 2025 In December of 2024, BAe Systems was selected to provide and integrate the actuator control units into the aircraft’s flight control systems. Jerrold Lundquist, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for actuator
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Noun
  • Pricing is one of the most powerful—and underutilized—levers in SaaS. A 1% improvement in price can improve operating profit by up to 11%.
    Terry Chen, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
  • Among its features is the tourbillon at 5 o’clock, two six-column wheels to operate the different levers of the split-seconds function, a specific clamp design and a blade instead of the traditional helical spring.
    Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 2 May 2025
Noun
  • While the Heston 120’s design pleasingly includes a classic set of analogue Marshall control knobs, it can also be fully controlled using a new Marshall app that includes an option to run a room calibration system to adapt the soundbar’s sound to your particular room layout.
    John Archer, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
  • Check the base of the beater shaft, rims around the motor housing, ventilation openings, and control knobs and switches.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 19 May 2025
Noun
  • That’s right: Jane-Ann’s torso boasts six protrusions in a vertical line just to the left of center, where the buttons of a women’s dress shirt are traditionally placed.
    Julie Klausner, New Yorker, 15 May 2025
  • This one-piece offers a classy twist on the typical white swimsuit thanks to its chic black piping and polished silver buttons.
    Averi Baudler, People.com, 15 May 2025
Noun
  • Then a sudden switch: a bellicose, spine-stiffening bass line, and the instantly infamous refrain.
    Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 15 May 2025
  • Soon after, Roy’s assistant manager Nicole Rachel called Birdsall into the old motel office, showed him the three switches that control the 50-foot sign and invited him to do the honors.
    Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2025

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“Actuator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/actuator. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

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