switch
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Then there have been changes to House election boundaries over the years that have meant fewer seats switch between parties.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
"This system represents a unique way to potentially build a molecular sensor and switch encoded in DNA and RNA, that no one has thought of before," Zhang says.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026
Younger generations of residents easily switch between English and Spanish in conversation.
From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2026
Not all Syrians can afford to make the switch to electric, with the percentage remaining negligible as most still live in poverty.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
He reached for the wall switch, but I put my hand over it.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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The “Smart Door Panel” on the driver’s side door consolidates many functions—window, door, seating, mirror adjustment, exterior and interior illumination—into a piano-black panel of haptic switches.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026
Plus, Yum Brands’ KFC switches sides in the soda fight.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
After defeat in Leeds, McCullum asked his players to "think" about what the changes may mean for their own plans, suggesting tactical switches may follow.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
The findings underscore a fundamental principle of sleep biology: Rest is not simply a period when the brain switches off.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026
There were so many switches to so many things, like the machines that churned and whined all over the house.
From "Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina" by Michaela DePrince
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As speculation switched almost immediately to who would lead the right with Flavio out of the country, the governor -- a favorite in business circles -- said a 2030 run was "a possibility."
From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026
With 4:44 left in the fourth quarter against Utah and the Lakers trailing by one, Utah’s Keyonte George switched onto Williams.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
These mechanisms affect how genes are switched on or off without changing the underlying DNA sequence.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2026
Although many of those Finns switched companies during the study, those moves were overwhelmingly into other jobs at a similar level.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
I switched the CDs and put the yellow robot in the Discman.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
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“Can switching to logged-in only further gate the Reddit data? And does that drive any change in data licensing economics?”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026
It is so bad that he says if fuel prices were lower, he’d consider switching back to a gas-powered car.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
“In power markets, we’re already deep into the gas-to-coal switching range.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
Atkinson was just two when Cundy first became world champion as a cyclist, after switching sports.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
It was like switching from passively watching a film in a foreign language to actively debating in one’s mother tongue.
From "The Annotated Mona Lisa" by Carol Strickland and John Boswell
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