turn on

Example Sentences

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Hemani’s answer is that constitutional rights cannot turn on analogies that survive only because the categories have been defined so broadly that the distinctions disappear.

From Slate • Jun. 26, 2026

Young said she noticed it when the Ring camera’s blue light would turn on, signaling recording was happening, at times when she and her family members had not press record.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2026

That might turn on its head, of course.

From BBC • Jun. 25, 2026

But when the inevitably cutthroat social dynamics of in-groups and out-groups lead the other players to turn on comedian Ron Funches, not even the ice-blooded Rausch can live with himself.

From Salon • Jun. 20, 2026

Except, even after I’ve calmed my grumbling belly, the laptop still won’t turn on.

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston