How to Use transponder in a Sentence

transponder

noun
  • When the nose of the car is on the bricks, the transponder hits.
    — Dana Hunsinger Benbow, The Indianapolis Star, 30 May 2021
  • About 4 million of those each month do not have transponders.
    — Adam Vaccaro, BostonGlobe.com, 24 May 2018
  • The transponder signal has been silent since then, the data show.
    — Tom Schoenberg, Bloomberg.com, 14 July 2017
  • The personal cars could use a toll transponder to pay a fee or just to be counted.
    — Brad Templeton, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • It also is equipped with two active X-band transponders and one spare.
    — William Harwood, CBS News, 8 July 2024
  • Next year, the rate will change so that pay-by-plate rate is twice the amount for transponders, which is less than the cash rate.
    — Kevin Spear, orlandosentinel.com, 10 Oct. 2019
  • But not all ships are required to carry transponders, and some captains switch them off.
    — The Economist, 5 July 2018
  • The video likely explains why the plane's transponder failed before the plane crashed.
    — John Bacon, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2020
  • None of the ground vehicles were equipped with transponders, the report said.
    — Doha Madani, NBC news, 23 Apr. 2026
  • F-35s are equipped with transponders that allow the aircraft to be tracked.
    — Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 20 Sep. 2023
  • Do motorcycles get a free pass to use those lanes without a transponder?
    — Jim Radcliffe, Orange County Register, 2 Mar. 2017
  • Drivers will be required to have transponders in order to use the express lanes.
    — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2023
  • After the trip, due to a design defect, the transponder was not able to power back up.
    — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 29 Jan. 2018
  • Each car has a tiny transponder inside and wires are embedded by the start/finish line.
    — Dana Hunsinger Benbow, The Indianapolis Star, 30 May 2021
  • In the third quarter, more than one million crossings were made each month without a transponder.
    — Sheldon S. Shafer, The Courier-Journal, 25 Oct. 2017
  • Cables and transponders must be laid along the length of tracks, which only could be done during outages.
    — Paul Berger, WSJ, 29 Mar. 2018
  • Once its stop in South Africa became known, the vessel turned off its transponder.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 27 June 2023
  • For drivers who don’t have a SunPass transponder, they are charged via their pay-by-plate.
    — Johnny Diaz, Sun-Sentinel.com, 21 June 2018
  • Air traffic control logs and flight transponder data show how the fatal airplane crash played out.
    — Jay Blackman, NBC news, 23 Mar. 2026
  • The transponder tied to the hornet in question only had a usable life of about 12 hours.
    — Author: Thomas Clouse, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Oct. 2020
  • All vehicles on the Express Lanes, by the way, must have a transponder.
    — Jim Radcliffe, Oc Register, 16 Jan. 2026
  • The ship’s radio transponder was turned off and its cargo holds were open, being filled with a white substance from waiting trucks.
    — Michael Biesecker, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2022
  • The sticker is much smaller than the transponder and doesn't require batteries.
    — Neal Riley, CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Vessels will sometimes switch off their location transponders to transit the strait.
    — Khaled Wassef, CBS News, 23 June 2026
  • The website only shows ships crossing with their transponders on, meaning more ships may have crossed with their signals switched off.
    — Alex Sundby, CBS News, 30 June 2026
  • These ships are not of Iranian origin and had their transponders turned off, the analysts said.
    — Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 24 June 2026
  • Details on what the pass will be like – a transponder, or a sticker affixed to a windshield – have not been finalized.
    — al, 6 July 2022
  • The truck is not required to have a transponder, but Homendy noted that trucks do at some other airports.
    — Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Fishermen might put the ID of an oil tanker on a transponder for their nets to warn away other vessels.
    — Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2021
  • Muscat also said the Lifeline turned off its transponder to hide the ship’s location.
    — Washington Post, 27 June 2018

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