switch on
Example Sentences
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And up until three years ago, she used to host a party for more than 80 guests on the evening of "Courtenay's switch-on".
From BBC • Nov. 26, 2025
Instead, organisers have been left scrambling to organise a muted switch-on, with Sunday's event cancelled following advice from its safety advisory group, amid nationwide security concerns in the wake of the Manchester synagogue attack.
From BBC • Oct. 12, 2025
Liverpool City Council leader Liam Robinson said the big switch-on was "an opportunity to show that hate will never win in our communities".
From BBC • Dec. 11, 2024
About 200 people are expected to attend a lights switch-on from 18:30 GMT in which the tree will glow with 1,000 lights.
From BBC • Dec. 7, 2024
Designer and TV star Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen has stepped in to take charge of turning on Blackpool Illuminations, after comic Johnny Vegas had to put out of the switch-on ceremony.
From BBC • Aug. 30, 2022
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