turned off
Example Sentences
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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
Screens and a lack of friendly workers has turned off customers such as Carolyn Blue, an attorney from Charleston, S.C., and lifelong McDonald’s fan.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 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
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 jumped up, turned off the music, and threw open the door.
From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly
