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[swich] / swɪtʃ /




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The timing was particularly awkward for Mbappé, who last month made a high-profile endorsement switch from Nike to On, the Swiss premium sneaker brand in the middle of aggressive worldwide expansion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

The switch, set to begin in January, comes as restaurants assess their beverage offerings as they look to appeal to younger consumers and boost profits.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

Another switch could be to a chained COLA, which is a more complicated way to calculate annual adjustments.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026

"You just cannot take 30 or 40 bus routes, and then switch them into green neighbourhoods with playgrounds and children, and expect they'll stay the same."

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

Once again, the players seemed to switch personalities as they played, with Petrosian as the aggressor.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

Even the new VW Atlas has returned to physical switches.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

After defeat in Leeds, McCullum asked his players to "think" about what the changes may mean for their own plans, suggesting tactical switches may follow.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

Arista, which supplies the high-speed networking switches and software that link chips together, has secured major customers in both Google and Anthropic.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026

Once activated, the switches produce electrical pulses lasting only a few picoseconds.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

And then the camera shows the flatbed drivers parking alongside the road and getting out and going home, and the news switches to a fire in the city.

From "Crash" by Jerry Spinelli

With 4:44 left in the fourth quarter against Utah and the Lakers trailing by one, Utah’s Keyonte George switched onto Williams.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

Although many of those Finns switched companies during the study, those moves were overwhelmingly into other jobs at a similar level.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

Once they switched from the other autism-therapy providers to Centria, their weekly hours rose to 24.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

Put simply, she says, a woman suffering from REDs has her periods "switched off".

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

Mrs. Thomas handed him the baby and his bottle and soon the older boys switched over to video games and their parents watched them play.

From "The World According to Humphrey" by Betty G. Birney

The EIA warns that switching fuels would not necessarily result in lower expenditures for every household.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026

General Motors is switching its stock listing to the Nasdaq.

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

According to the researchers, optical switching could achieve speeds more than 1,000 times greater than conventional methods that depend on external magnetic fields.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2026

Verstappen went on to the soft tyres and Leclerc the mediums, the Dutchman then switching to mediums when he stopped on lap 31.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

After switching sides, Glenn served for the next game, and started off just as strongly as Reggie, with two aces.

From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson


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