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turnkey

[turn-kee] / ˈtɜrnˌki /


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All of these connectivity components are critical to the rack systems that Nvidia essentially sells as turnkey computers, according to Naji.

From MarketWatch Mar. 3, 2026

It aims to be a turnkey partner for clinics that don’t offer home infusions.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 7, 2026

Many have started to offer turnkey packages, outfitting new homes from top to bottom.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 10, 2025

Ramirez isn’t expecting rates to drop soon and thinks buying when they did reduced the likelihood of bidding wars on their turnkey, four-bedroom house with a swimming pool and mountain view.

From Seattle Times Jun. 6, 2024

“Why then,” said the turnkey, grinning again, “he knows what Mr. Jaggers is.”

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens

The veteran turnkeys consider the many rookies too green and soft.

From Time Magazine Archive

The rest of “us” consisted of a cook Davos never saw, six guardsmen in the ground-floor barracks, a pair of washerwomen, and the two turnkeys who looked after the prisoner.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

The fetters were taken off, and the turnkeys withdrew, locking the door behind them.

From A Twofold Life by Wilhelmine von Hillern

Hardly had he begun to snore, ere the cook rose, perfectly sober, and narrowly scrutinised the faces of the three sleeping turnkeys by the dim light of the lamp.

From King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 1 or, the Throne, the Church, and the People in the Thirteenth Century. Vol. I. by Bernhard Severin Ingemann

He, nevertheless, went to inform the counsellors; the latter delayed for three days, during which time the prince left not a moment respite to the turnkeys.

From Bartholomew Sastrow Being the Memoirs of a German Burgomaster by Bartholomew Sastrow




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