transformer

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Recent Examples of transformer That’s the idea behind Microsoft’s Muse, a transformer model with 1.6 billion parameters trained on 500,000 hours of player data. IEEE Spectrum, 11 Mar. 2025 The London Fire Brigade said that a transformer in a substation in Hayes, which is north of Heathrow, was on fire and that 150 people have been evacuated. Phil Helsel, NBC News, 21 Mar. 2025 Growth of transmission lines in the U.S. is frozen, and new transformer equipment is now delayed by 2-3 years. Ian Dexter Palmer, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025 Court documents show Smith pleaded guilty on Sept. 11, 2024, to damaging the Wheelock Substation in North Dakota in 2023 as well as a transformer and pump station of the Keystone Pipeline in South Dakota in 2022. Lauren Irwin, The Hill, 11 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for transformer
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Noun
  • There is surge protection, but this is not a voltage converter.
    Simon Hill, Wired News, 31 Mar. 2025
  • Hackers worldwide are exploiting any type of free document converter or downloader tool to carry out this scheme.
    Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report, FOXNews.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • However, the 2025 Camry Hybrid, assembled in the U.S., features 55% of its parts from the U.S. and Canada, with some engines and all transmissions made in the U.S. Volkswagen Thirty-six percent of the vehicles Volkswagen sells in the U.S. are assembled in this country.
    Ramon Padilla, USA Today, 5 Apr. 2025
  • The first stage is the bottommost portion of the rocket with nine engines that fire up at liftoff, powering the 230-foot (70-meter) vehicle off the ground.
    Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Powered by liquid hydrogen, hydrogen fuel-cell stacks, and electric motors, this carbon-free aircraft was revealed last week at the AirbusSummit on new technologies.
    Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 1 Apr. 2025
  • Jarrett, Quinn noted, still plays with impressive quickness and instincts that are heightened by his motor.
    Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Carpenter opted for the Quick Pick option, meaning a lottery machine randomly chose at least some of her ticket numbers.
    Simone Jasper, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2025
  • To his coworkers, Chris Smeltzer manufactures and works on control panels that are primarily for motors and functions of industrial machines.
    Josie Boyer, Charlotte Observer, 3 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Join 709 others in the comments View Comments That includes, among others, toys, communication equipment such as smartphones, computers and a wide range of other consumer electronics.
    Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Similarly, when optimal maintenance and upgrade schedules aren’t maintained, critical equipment can fail.
    Julian Durand, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025

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“Transformer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transformer. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.

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