transformer

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He said he was trying to block Edison’s crew from burying a large transformer between two towering deodar cedar trees.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026

In the transformer, short-term memory and long-term memory are organized in an incompatible manner, with no clear way to transfer from short-term memory to long-term memory, according to Stamirowska.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 1, 2025

Authorities in Mexico said on Saturday that a faulty electric transformer may have caused an explosion that killed at least 23 people in a supermarket.

From Barron's • Nov. 2, 2025

The prosecutor's office in the northern state of Sonora said in a statement that "the working assumption is that the incident was accidental, and the investigation is looking into a transformer located inside the store."

From Barron's • Nov. 2, 2025

On Boxing Day its transformer blew up and nearly wiped out his entire family.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell