Example Sentences

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Solid-state transformers convert power to different voltages, and go largely unnoticed, attached to telephone poles everywhere.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

The company makes power semiconductors, which control the voltages that flow into a device’s specific components.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

The system also charged capacitors to useful voltages within minutes, showing its potential for powering small electronics and wireless sensors.

From Science Daily • Nov. 15, 2025

Thanks to electroencephalography, researchers can even link slow-wave sleep to a process of synchronous changes in electrical voltages in thousands of neurons, known as up and down states.

From Salon • Dec. 17, 2024

The tragedy underscored the necessity of shielding the high voltages at play in the lab.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik