converter

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Recent Examples of converter Karaoke systems use microphones and speakers, which require analog-to-digital converters to digitize the sound. Thomas Coughlin, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025 The dithered aesthetic remains popular today among some digital artists and indie game makers, with modern tools like this web converter that allows anyone to transform photos into the classic Atkinson dither style. ArsTechnica, 9 June 2025 Further weighing on the prices of platinum and palladium has been the rise in sales of electric vehicles, which do not require a catalytic converter – though hybrid electric cars do, and in some case their converters require a heavier coating of platinum or palladium. Tim Treadgold, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025 Never use extension cords or multi-outlet converters for appliances. Lauren Thomann, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for converter
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Noun
  • The engine redlines at 7,500 rpm, producing 478 hp and 420 lb-ft of torque.
    Michael Harley, Forbes.com, 22 July 2025
  • The earlier fixes included new software that would detect a fuel leak and disable the high-pressure fuel pump and lower the engine power, accordingly.
    Nic F. Anderson, CNN Money, 21 July 2025
Noun
  • Preparations for heat waves include reviews of circuit loading, maintenance of generators to deploy, as well as plans for transformer failure and transporting key replacement equipment where needed.
    Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 6 July 2025
  • The county parks department will close six of its regional parks — Castaic Lake, Frank G. Bonelli (already temporarily closed because of a high-voltage transformer failure on May 5), Kenneth Hahn, Peter F. Schabarum, Santa Fe Dam and Whittier Narrows — on Mondays and Tuesdays.
    Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2025
Noun
  • Like Illinois law, Roselle ordinance prohibits anyone under 16 from riding a Class 3 bike, which reaches up to 28 mph before the motor cuts out.
    Paulina Czupryna, Chicago Tribune, 14 July 2025
  • Every startup strains the compressor motor, and repeated on-off cycles within a short period may reduce efficiency or shorten the unit's lifespan, although this depends on the system and the frequency of the events.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 14 July 2025
Noun
  • Then Google would know her, the machine would let her.
    Mona Awad, New Yorker, 20 July 2025
  • This illustrative image from October 5, 2021, shows a magnetic resonance imaging machine at Neurospin in Gif-sur-Yvette, southwest of Paris.
    Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 July 2025

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