breaker

Example Sentences

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Both phones have the same 6.1-inch screen, but no MagSafe on the 16e was a deal breaker for me.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026

If return-to-office mandates are a deal breaker, Choudhury said you don’t have to be limited to domestic employers in your job hunt.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 9, 2026

If you have to evacuate, you should disconnect all electrical appliances or turn off electric circuits at the fuse box or circuit breaker panel.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2025

Both Wales and Northern Ireland put in place versions of a circuit breaker lockdown, while in Scotland stricter rules are imposed in the central belt.

From BBC • Nov. 19, 2025

Dimple really wished she could do this ice breaker thing with someone else, someone she’d be working with for the rest of this project, but asking him to leave right away would just be cruel.

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon