transformer

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Recent Examples of transformer In 2017, soon after Google researchers invented a new kind of neural network called a transformer, a young OpenAI engineer named Alec Radford began experimenting with it. Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 19 May 2025 In a video obtained by the Daily News, a group of people can be seen gathered around an electrical transformer on the sidewalk playing dominoes when the gunmen appear and open fire, sending the crowd scrambling for cover. Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 17 May 2025 Eaton will spend $340 million to increase U.S. production of its three-phase transformers. Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 8 May 2025 The transformer was burning, and the roof partially collapsed on Thursday evening. Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for transformer
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Noun
  • Our only choice for a baseload fuel is natural gas and the only energy converter for that fuel is the turbines of GE Vernova.
    Jim Cramer, CNBC, 21 May 2025
  • Housed in a steel chassis, the motor incorporates a programmable microprocessor with a D/A converter to provide low-distortion sine and cosine waves that are used to turn the motor.
    Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Blogs simultaneously establish authority and trust while operating as a content engine.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
  • Versions with an inline-six engine, called the MGC and MGC GT, were made from 1967 through 1969.
    Robert Ross, Robb Report, 23 May 2025
Noun
  • Her 10-year-old daughter recently built a motor, and her son is a mechanic in the U.S. Army.
    Ashton Jackson Eric Clark, CNBC, 31 May 2025
  • Zelenskyy’s claims, backed by European officials, highlight concerns over Beijing’s export of dual-use technologies such as Mavic drones and motor components, which are widely used on the battlefield for surveillance and strikes.
    Katya Soldak, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025
Noun
  • The introduction of steeper tariffs on China by the President Donald Trump administration – even at 30% – could put not only Wisconsin’s machine industries in jeopardy, but Wisconsin residents themselves.
    Elijah Guevara, The Washington Examiner, 21 May 2025
  • To develop a robot that could solve a Rubik’s Cube in record time, the students integrated several systems and technologies, including machine vision for color recognition, custom algorithms and industrial-grade motion control hardware.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 May 2025
Noun
  • As the brand has grown, so has its list of ambassadors and players that use the equipment.
    Kendall Capps, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 May 2025
  • The boys' athletic equipment and wetsuits hang below their colorful artwork.
    Eric Boman, Vogue, 25 May 2025

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“Transformer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transformer. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.

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