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

After circuit breakers triggered once again on the Korean Exchange, a U.S.-listed ETF focused on South Korean equities saw a sharp rebound.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

Even though the tide should have been out, the waves and breakers were big all across the beach, the storm surge pressing inland.

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi