transformer
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I learned my lesson after a heat wave in Davis, Calif.: A power surge from an exploding transformer fried the circuit board of my refrigerator.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
A major turning point for Hugging Face came in 2018, when Google released a new version of its transformer, the neural network technology at the heart of modern generative AI models.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
The new transformer could become a “meaningful” source of revenue for the company in 2028, Nir said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
And in the town of Ergué-Gabéric, in Brittany, the punishing temperatures - around 40C - were too much for one electric transformer.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
I have a brief vision of the semi sliding across the intersection into that pole, the showers of sparks from the damaged transformer.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
The 33-year-old’s rounds include sniffing for burning equipment that could indicate overheating, feeling tubes for cracks and looking for faulty lighting or broken power transformers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
Thomas Murphy, vice president for Power & Construction Group, an electrical-infrastructure contractor near Rochester, N.Y., said prices for transformers are up about 70% in the past five years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
China already dominates the global market, as Cohen writes, in “wind turbines, high-voltage cables, transformers, solar panels, batteries, software to manage energy flows and more.”
From Salon ● Jun. 21, 2026
National Grid said the work involved constructing two new substations, installing transformers as well as laying 2km of underground cables.
From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2026
“I hope he didn’t go there. There are lots of transformers around Bovina. I found four when we were writing to the utilities company.”
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
Vocabulary lists containing transformer
Physical Science - Energy - Middle School
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