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switch on

[swich-on, -awn] / ˈswɪtʃˌɒn, -ˌɔn /










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How he's still able to keep himself conditioned physically, and switch on mentally to play a five-setter like this, is astonishing - especially given how little tennis he has been playing outside of the Slams.

From BBC Jul. 13, 2026

Two were broadcasting their locations as they crossed and a third appeared to switch on its location tracker just past the line.

From BBC Jun. 17, 2026

The idea, in a nutshell, is to switch on the immune system and starve the cancer at the same time.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 6, 2026

“We’re not pulling a bait and switch on you,” Hoover told The Times.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 4, 2026

This time I find the light switch on the outside wall and I push it on.

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson




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