power switch

Example Sentences

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No nonsense, a tap of the power switch.

From Salon • Nov. 8, 2025

This regulation of gene activity can be likened to a power switch determining which genes are switched on or off, witout altering the actual genes, and is called epigenetics.

From Science Daily • Oct. 11, 2023

Everything on the machine is operated digitally via the lighted front panel buttons — there’s not even a dedicated power switch.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 1, 2021

It is also a parody, in which the consent of the governed boils down to the power switch on the remote.

From New York Times • Oct. 27, 2020

I turned back to my computer, ready to hit the power switch and shut this whole thing down when—

From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi