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title: "What are transformers in ML.NET pipelines?"  
description: "What are transformers in ML.NET pipelines?"  
author: "Anubhav Sharma"  
published: 2026-05-19  
updated: 2026-05-20  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/116640/what-are-transformers-in-ml-dot-net-pipelines  
category: "artificial-intelligence"  
tags: ["artificial intelligence"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What are transformers in ML.NET pipelines?

**What are [transformers](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/116779/why-is-positional-encoding-needed-in-transformers) in [ML.NET](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/116633/how-can-you-use-microsoft-ml-dot-net-for-machine-learning-in-c-sharp) pipelines?**


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