switch
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"It's when they realise that they have hundreds of tiny demands on them and their brains and bodies just can't switch off."
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
For instance, the researchers built a bidirectional switch using two transistors that detect OC 12.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
At 3 p.m., he flipped a switch at 23 Wall Street, turning on 106 electric lamps in the offices of his financial backer, J.P.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Bass talked about her efforts to wean L.A. city completely off of coal-generated power, which it achieved in December 2025, and turning the switch on for one of the largest solar projects in the nation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
“You might like defense more once you get used to it. Or maybe after a while you’ll get to switch positions.”
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
The industry’s pivot to touchable, tangible switches and selectors hasn’t changed any minds at Porsche.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
In one demonstration, the team created a multistable knitted shell that switches an LED on and off as the textile moves between its stable states.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
The firm specializes in copper cables used to connect AI servers to networking switches.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
He tried to explain what he was trying to do with his multiple switches of formation and attempted to explain why his side were "miles off it".
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
She just needed a bunch of switches, a blackboard behind her 2 x 2 e 5.
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
Many native Russian-speakers in Ukraine have switched to Ukrainian in recent years, particularly since Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
It started on a platform called Popshoplive to sell Hello Kitty and other items, but sales didn’t skyrocket until it switched to TikTok Shop in 2023.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
Mission controllers will carry out the first of two course corrections, and Roman's Coronagraph Instrument will be switched on.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026
Steak ’n Shake dumped vegetable oil—which Kennedy has blamed for fueling obesity and inflammation—in favor of beef tallow, and switched to Grade A Wisconsin butter versus a blend containing seed oil.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
I switched on do not disturb but kept checking the lock screen to see if Traveler had messaged.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
According to news reports, some schools have begun switching to remote learning, nine national parks have closed, and several flights have been delayed because of heavy smoke.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026
The move, combined with switching off any effort on their 2025 car so as to be as well prepared as possible for this year's new rules, vaulted them towards the head of the midfield.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
Siegmund was a member of the CDU before switching to the AfD shortly after the party’s creation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
More buyers are switching to adjustable-rate mortgages, or ARMs, to reduce their initial monthly payments, Bell noted.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
I ask the girl, switching it on and off a coupla times.
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
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