circuit breaker
Example Sentences
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On Wednesday, regulators were obliged to enforce the circuit breaker, suspending all trading temporarily, for the second consecutive day and the tenth time this year.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
“Without a circuit breaker in sight and the U.S. out on holiday, the bearish dynamics could continue ahead of the weekend,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
Friday's 20-minute halt on the Kospi marked the third time the so-called circuit breaker has been triggered this week and the fifth such event this year.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026
Diplomacy now has a live-market feed, one that operates on a 24-hour crypto exchange with no circuit breaker and is visible simultaneously to every government, hedge fund, and sanctions-compliance desk on earth.
From Barron's ● Apr. 18, 2026
Once I reached the laundry room, I scrambled up the ladder and flipped the circuit breaker switch twice.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
