on/off

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The bloc signed a sweeping trade deal with Australia earlier this week, and in January announced a landmark trade deal with India after nearly two decades of on-off talks.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

Harvard and the administration have been involved in on-off talks for months to try to resolve their dispute, but no deal has materialized.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

Rybakina had wanted to bring her on-off Croatian coach Stefano Vukov back into her team for the Melbourne major.

From Barron's • Jan. 30, 2026

I’ve found that almost all managers fall into the same delegation trap: They treat delegation like an on-off switch.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 13, 2025

Then she turned the channel and tried the on-off button again.

From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt