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turnkey

[turn-kee] / ˈtɜrnˌki /


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This home is poised to break the record because of its privacy, convenience and turnkey condition, Bowen said.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 18, 2026

All of these connectivity components are critical to the rack systems that Nvidia essentially sells as turnkey computers, according to Naji.

From MarketWatch Mar. 3, 2026

The report further recommends launching a consortium of builders that could offer turnkey rebuilding solutions to property owners who prefer not to undertake the rebuilding on their own.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 25, 2025

Ramirez isn’t expecting rates to drop soon and thinks buying when they did reduced the likelihood of bidding wars on their turnkey, four-bedroom house with a swimming pool and mountain view.

From Seattle Times Jun. 6, 2024

The turnkey was twenty stone of gross stupidity, with brown rotting teeth and small dark eyes.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

The veteran turnkeys consider the many rookies too green and soft.

From Time Magazine Archive

The rest of “us” consisted of a cook Davos never saw, six guardsmen in the ground-floor barracks, a pair of washerwomen, and the two turnkeys who looked after the prisoner.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

Prison bars might be sawn; turnkeys were very shortsighted.

From My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union by Lewis Wingfield

Hardly had he begun to snore, ere the cook rose, perfectly sober, and narrowly scrutinised the faces of the three sleeping turnkeys by the dim light of the lamp.

From King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 1 or, the Throne, the Church, and the People in the Thirteenth Century. Vol. I. by Bernhard Severin Ingemann

Morten now busied himself in placing the provisions on the table, and presently began to carouse merrily with the two younger turnkeys.

From King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 1 or, the Throne, the Church, and the People in the Thirteenth Century. Vol. I. by Bernhard Severin Ingemann




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