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Recent Examples of actuator
The lens uses a high-response linear actuator (HLA) system that snaps focus from near to distant targets in an instant.
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PC Magazine, 9 Sep. 2025
The new actuator is able to contract like a muscle using a balance between elastic and magnetic forces.
—IEEE Spectrum, 12 Aug. 2025
Others are spring-loaded, using the actuator only to hold the handle in.
—New Atlas, 2 Aug. 2025
Regarding permanent rare earth magnets for actuators, the most common element is neodymium, which can be sourced from Mountain Pass.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 17 June 2025
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PC Magazine, 9 Sep. 2025
The new actuator is able to contract like a muscle using a balance between elastic and magnetic forces.
—IEEE Spectrum, 12 Aug. 2025
Others are spring-loaded, using the actuator only to hold the handle in.
—New Atlas, 2 Aug. 2025
Regarding permanent rare earth magnets for actuators, the most common element is neodymium, which can be sourced from Mountain Pass.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 17 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for actuator
Noun
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Keeping a hand on the lever, the Guardian reached with her other and touched the boy’s heaving shoulder.—
George Packer,
The Atlantic,
6 Nov. 2025
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Apparently, the chair was missing its appendix, a lever manufactured in Hungary roughly the same shape and size as sticks of an opiate called Thebaine.—
Ben Rosenstock,
Vulture,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Neither the lid knob nor handles become too hot to touch, even when cooking food on the higher setting.—
Sian Babish,
PEOPLE,
6 Nov. 2025
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Features turn out to be like volume knobs for concepts; turn them up and the model will talk about little else.—
James Somers,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Two men sat on either side of her, one in a hat with WHO RESCUED WHO stitched across it and the other wearing a pearl-button shirt.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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Apple Music users can access their Replay by locating the Listen Now tab in the app, scrolling to the Replay section, tapping the Replay '25 playlist, and then selecting the plus button in the top right.—
Kaycee Sloan,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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This change of scenery, located on the farthest end of the Upper East Side of Manhattan, is more than just a borough jump and zipcode switch for Mamdani and his wife, Rama Duwaji, an animator and illustrator.—
Nandika Chatterjee,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
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The lunch menu switches from traditional Brazilian dishes to an international buffet on Saturdays, and an English roast dinner on Sundays.—
Taylor McIntyre,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Actuator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/actuator. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.
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