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converter

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as in engine

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Recent Examples of converter Jamison is the city’s most prolific converter of offices to market-rate apartments and currently has a major makeover of a downtown office skyscraper underway for tenants who can pay top rents. — Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026 Just note that the steamer isn’t dual-voltage, so a converter is needed for international travel. — Alexandra Malmed, InStyle, 19 June 2026 The input decoder chip is a Chrontel CH7516 DisplayPort-to-LVDS converter. — IEEE Spectrum, 18 June 2026 The electrical system has a shore power hookup, multi-stage 120-V converter and solar prewiring. — C.c. Weiss may 15, New Atlas, 15 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for converter

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The twin-engine, turbo-prop aircraft are pressurized, seat up to nine passengers and have the ability to cruise at 330 mph at 28,000 feet, Security Aviation says.

— Aaron Cooper, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
Ustyle’s engine provides a workaround to the otherwise gargantuan task of re-shooting as many outfits as there are combinations in a collection.

— Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 20 Aug. 2026

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The solid-state transformer has a modular design with an active front end interacting with the power grid, an AC/DC converter, and a high-frequency isolation transformer that either steps up or steps down the voltage.

— Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 24 Aug. 2026
Witnesses in East Chicago believe an electrical utility pole went up in flames following a possible transformer explosion.

— Lauren Victory, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026

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Hala transferred from Weber State in January and was among the spring standouts, quickly emerging as a defensive leader with his high motor and all-over-the-field presence.

— Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2026
The MagneDrive system uses magnetic induction for silent, high-torque rotation, isolating the platter from motor vibrations and eliminating belts.

— Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

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The pace of improvement in AI models has led many observers to predict that human intelligence may soon be overtaken by the cognitive capacity of machines.

— George C. Lee II, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026
China has a virtual monopoly on these minerals, which are critical to making everything from cars and jet engines to smartphones and even the dye used in MRI machines.

— Matt Egan, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2026

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