switch
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Rather than depending on one master switch, multiple neural circuits, hormones, and metabolic signals appear to help determine how age-related changes unfold.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026
Stella Stahl, a Raman spokesperson, said in June that her boss made the switch after recognizing that the deal gave the city “greater fiscal certainty.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
The switch from Platner to Jackson caused some consternation among the party’s grassroots base.
From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2026
"I would just switch off and he'd be losing his head next to me," Ethan said, nodding to his dad.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
They strain, switch positions, team up, push and pull with all their might.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
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Meiqian Kuang switches seamlessly between Mandarin and English as she teaches her transitional kindergarten students at Hillcrest Elementary in Monterey Park.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
Clusia minor mainly switches on CAM when it experiences stressful conditions.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026
The company is proposing an architecture to replace the traditional electronic network switches that control communications between servers with all optical devices.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
It makes networking hardware and telecom equipment like routers and switches, which are used in telecommunications networks as well as in data centers.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 2026
The slap of our sneakers switches to thuds when we start the dirt course, and two long-limbed track runners with Hempstead College singlets gallop by.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
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It remains difficult to gauge how much crude is still moving through the waterway, as some tankers cross with their transponders switched off.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
Rental company Ashtead canceled its primary London listing in March and switched to the New York Stock Exchange and rebranded as Sunbelt Rentals, the name of its U.S. business.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
"The last time they were involved... Jersey was slamming the door shut, so they have switched off and turned their attention elsewhere," he said.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
At Bowling Green State University in Ohio, Saint switched from training to be a teacher to majoring in drama.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
Many more delegates switched their votes to Garfield.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
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When asked whether she would ever consider switching brands, her reply is a reminder of an old Hindi ad jingle, "If it's salt, it has to be Tata."
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
The few carousel companies that survived the Depression largely did so by switching to a cheaper, mass-produced product, such as transitioning from wood to aluminum.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
Here are the fields where switching jobs will pay more than staying in place.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
Their work indicates that such switching is possible, raising the possibility that the effect could eventually be incorporated into a memory device.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026
“Maybe you’ll change your mind in the morning,” he says, switching off my light.
From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass
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