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The more interesting longer-term question is how far the integration goes, and who ends up owning the on/off switch.

From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026

Silent refrigerators and easy on/off TVs: California resident Jo Pitesky says she dreams of refrigerators that don’t wake you up at night as the compressor cycles on and off.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

Ras inhibitors block a small protein that sits inside the cell membrane and acts as an on/off switch, setting off a signaling cascade that can make a cell grow or divide.

From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026

This could be a signal of frustration that one of Switzerland's most important export markets has adopted an on/off trade policy, stripping Swiss business of the certainty it needs.

From BBC • Aug. 1, 2025

All normal, like his on/off switch has been flipped and, of course, he can talk now.

From "The Benefits of Being an Octopus" by Ann Braden




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