switch on
Example Sentences
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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
The real shock comes when you try to turn the light switch on and nothing happens.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
For example, a protein might briefly activate, then turn off, and later switch on again.
From Science Daily • Mar. 9, 2026
I flick the switch on the coffeepot at the self-serve table, which Huey Newton watches over from a photograph, his fist raised for black power.
From "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas
