turn on

Example Sentences

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“They’re not perfect,” he said, adding, “you can’t walk into someone’s phone and turn on all of these features.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Gabriel Sherman: I guess the darkest anecdote, or one of, I should say, is the way Rupert manipulated his children to turn on each other to advance his own agenda and aims.

From Slate • Mar. 21, 2026

However, the same consistency does not seem to apply to the DNA that controls when genes turn on or off.

From Science Daily • Mar. 14, 2026

Back in my room at Lapland Hotel I turn on the private sauna.

From Salon • Mar. 8, 2026

I take my phone out of my pocket and turn on the movie score from Pirates of the Caribbean.

From "A Soft Place to Land" by Janae Marks