on/off

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The more interesting longer-term question is how far the integration goes, and who ends up owning the on/off switch.

From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026

Silent refrigerators and easy on/off TVs: California resident Jo Pitesky says she dreams of refrigerators that don’t wake you up at night as the compressor cycles on and off.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

Ras inhibitors block a small protein that sits inside the cell membrane and acts as an on/off switch, setting off a signaling cascade that can make a cell grow or divide.

From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026

The results indicate that long-term memory relies not on a single on/off switch, but on a sequence of gene-regulating programs that unfold like molecular timers across the brain.

From Science Daily • Nov. 30, 2025

He jabbed his thumb at the on/off button.

From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein