turned off
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Children's profiles must be private by default with their location, camera and microphone turned off, and it should be easy for minors to block or mute users.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
They said more tankers have been leaving the Strait of Hormuz and Persian Gulf with transponders turned off — known as “dark crossings” — with satellite coverage limited and ship-to-ship transfers increasing.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026
Ships are mostly transiting the southern route with their transponders turned off or moving through the northern route administered by Iran.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
A lot of dyed-in-the-wool activists were turned off by the flippancy of AOC’s riposte, and even with my own recent grappling over the problematic emotional landscape of the movement, I can understand why.
From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2026
He turned off his phone to save the battery—well, that was one of the reasons.
From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty
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