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Recent Examples of transformer
During the evening of March 10, an electrical transformer on school grounds caught fire.
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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
And in Charlotte, the company will expand its large power transformer manufacturing facility and increase service capacity to meet heightened energy demand.
—Adam Bell, Charlotte Observer, 3 Feb. 2026
Megapacks are used for business and utility-scale developments, and Tesla’s newer Megablocks are a combination of four Megapacks around one transformer.
—Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 29 Jan. 2026
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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
And in Charlotte, the company will expand its large power transformer manufacturing facility and increase service capacity to meet heightened energy demand.
—Adam Bell, Charlotte Observer, 3 Feb. 2026
Megapacks are used for business and utility-scale developments, and Tesla’s newer Megablocks are a combination of four Megapacks around one transformer.
—Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 29 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for transformer
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Panthalassa has already tested several earlier prototypes of the wave energy converter technology, including the Ocean-1 in 2021 and the Ocean-2 that underwent a three-week sea trial off the coast of Washington state in February 2024.—
Jeremy Hsu,
ArsTechnica,
5 May 2026
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One extra set of clothes, an overnight bag, chargers, a passport, the super universal converter, and an eye mask.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
2 May 2026
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The impact ignited an engine fire, injuring a dozen passengers.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2026
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Objective beyond aviation Reportedly, the aircraft’s original Lycoming IO-540 engine was replaced with a high-tech propulsion suite comprising twin low-temperature PEM fuel cells, a MagniX electric motor, and a lithium-ion booster battery.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
12 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 18 May. 2026.
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