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switch

[swich] / swɪtʃ /




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A £2m fund has been launched to help businesses switch their vehicles to greener vehicles, Bradford Council has announced.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

They finish each other’s sentences and switch up their Google Meet backgrounds, cracking up as an awkward graduation portrait pops up.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

The researchers realized that if they could put channelrhodopsin into nerve cells, they might be able to switch those cells on simply by shining a light on them.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026

The switch at thousands of U.S. restaurants deals a setback to PepsiCo as it struggles to revive sales of its signature soft drinks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

The result was an enormous switch in family structure.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler

Plus, Yum Brands’ KFC switches sides in the soda fight.

From The Wall Street Journal ● 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

The system uses photoconductive switches triggered by 300-femtosecond green laser pulses with a wavelength of 515 nanometers.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

At 11pm each night, the village switches off its lights, plunging Hanle into darkness as visitors scramble to photograph the now-brilliant galaxy.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

She stops spinning her handles and switches into her victory dance, windmilling her arms as she leaps around the room.

From "The Benefits of Being an Octopus" by Ann Braden

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

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

One of the most important discoveries concerns TET2, an enzyme that helps prevent cancerous growth by controlling whether particular genes are switched "on" or "off."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026

She used to splurge on skin care products, but switched to a cheaper domestic brand.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

Throughout the evening the group switched between English and Turkish, at one point asking the audience who was Turkish and who was English.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

Like a pendulum it swung away from his face—down, down, down, then up, up, up—and then leisurely switched direction.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

After weeks of selling in long-dated Treasurys, during which yields jumped above 5%, investors were aggressively switching course and flocking back to bonds — testing whether yields can now stay below that psychologically important threshold.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

For Kesic, switching to direct audience support was easier because of his decades-long profile but he worries about other journalists who may face pressure.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 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

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

But switching schools midyear, as he often did, made it hard to keep up.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman


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