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turn on

verb as in excite; please

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verb as in start the operation of

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As Hamlin observed, “It’s not really a thrill anymore to turn on your TV and see a woman in a bikini.”

When I turn on my washing machine, my knowledge of how it works doesn’t really have much to do with the cleanliness of the clothes that come out.

This isn’t a labor dispute where the league and its ownership can sit back and hope public sentiment turns on millionaire athletes.

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said she recognized that the June decision didn’t turn on the First Amendment.

Kids can’t turn off any of the settings that parents turn on.

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