breakers

Example Sentences

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The exchange plans to add circuit breakers to halt trading if prices go up or down too much, “so we have more trading guardrails,” she adds.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

The Eaton catalog is unglamorous: switchgear, circuit breakers, power-distribution units.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026

When the extension cords running to the back popped the circuit breakers, repeatedly, he tried to curtail electricity usage in the camp.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

A retired CalMac ferry is due to begin its final voyage to a breakers yard later, leaving behind a legacy of vital spare parts and mementoes.

From BBC • Oct. 27, 2025

That made solving in depth a challenge, but top code breakers figured out other ways of aligning messages with statistics and other insights.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield