alternator

Example Sentences

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You don’t replace the whole robot any more than you replace your car when the alternator dies.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 14, 2025

It’s charged off the alternator when driving and via an optional 180W solar panel mounted to the roof.

From The Verge • May 2, 2022

He can change a transmission, replace an alternator, diagnose the weird sounds and, in his free time, he is restoring a 1938 Packard Six initially purchased brand new by his great-grandparents.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 4, 2021

There was some back and forth about the sickly alternator, and then Peter Derry, 28, offered a solution.

From Washington Post • Dec. 29, 2018

I also loved that Nick wouldn’t have known an alternator from a crankshaft.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover