turn on

Example Sentences

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Set up and turn on whatever kind of “Find my phone” app your device has before getting to the desert.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 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

Most deals turn on timing, inventory and local competition.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 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

I turn on the sink, splash some water around, until I hear her clunky shoes tap-tap-tap away down the hall.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz