turned-on

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This is because DNA contains so-called enhancers, "switches" that ensure that the right genes are turned-on in the right cells at the right time.

From Science Daily • Oct. 31, 2023

Even though symphony-going is not dominated by the rich to the extent that it was 40 years ago, it is still a formal experience that most turned-on youth regard as static, outmoded and irrelevant.

From Time Magazine Archive

Well aware of the underground challenge, the assembly chose as its theme "All Things New," and its opening ceremonies showed a temperately turned-on effort to bridge the gulf between the traditional and the revolutionary.

From Time Magazine Archive

The heroes of the New Radicals, as you rightly pointed out, are not turned-on, tuned-out dreamers like Timothy Leary and Allen Ginsberg.

From Time Magazine Archive

What was the significance of the broken incandescent burner, the turned-on gas, and the faint mark under the window?

From The Shrieking Pit by Rees, Arthur J. (Arthur John)