turnkey
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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
Many have started to offer turnkey packages, outfitting new homes from top to bottom.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2025
The simplicity of the "all in one" microcomb laser results in lower power demands, lower costs, high tunability, and a turnkey operation.
From Science Daily ● May 22, 2024
“Why then,” said the turnkey, grinning again, “he knows what Mr. Jaggers is.”
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
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The veteran turnkeys consider the many rookies too green and soft.
From Time Magazine Archive
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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
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A great American hotel is a penitentiary for travellers, and the gentlemen at the office are the lofty turnkeys and lord high-constables.
From From the Easy Chair, series 3 by George William Curtis
Pique-Vinaigre, profiting by the general stir and noise, had gained the yard, and, having knocked at the wicket of the entrance, had told the turnkeys what was passing in the day-room.
From The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 5 of 6 by Eugène Sue
The steward cast a suspicious look at the cook, yet stooped to listen at the hole, keeping his eye all the while on Morten and the terrified 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