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[swich] / swɪtʃ /




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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

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

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

“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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