circuit breaker
Example Sentences
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Diplomacy now has a live-market feed, one that operates on a 24-hour crypto exchange with no circuit breaker and is visible simultaneously to every government, hedge fund, and sanctions-compliance desk on earth.
From Barron's • Apr. 18, 2026
None other than Justice Antonin Scalia wrote that the jury functions as “a circuit breaker in the state’s machinery of justice.”
From Slate • Nov. 7, 2025
If your circuit breaker goes off frequently, check how much is plugged into that particular circuit and rethink your arrangements.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 20, 2023
The former prime minister was also asked why he didn't accept recommendations from advisers to introduce a circuit breaker - a short-term, limited lockdown - in mid-September 2020.
From BBC • Dec. 7, 2023
Once I reached the laundry room, I scrambled up the ladder and flipped the circuit breaker switch twice.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
