switch
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The proposal to create a legal mechanism for the UK to switch off an AI model in an emergency was brought to Parliament by Lords and MPs.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
Customers should consider the bank’s digital experience, account terms, service and ease of moving money before a switch, said Paul McAdam, senior director of banking intelligence at JD Power.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
Fearing that the surprise visitor might be a “dangle”—someone who pretends to switch sides to gain a foothold in the enemy camp—his hosts were wary at first.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
Computer chip and software developer Broadcom purchased the Irvine office compound it rented in the latest example of a well-funded company taking advantage of depressed real estate prices to switch from renter to owner.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
Coal took one of Door’s big flannel shirts to switch up what he was wearing and prevent immediate identification.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
But either way, the math is the same for the surviving spouse who switches from married filing jointly for taxes to filing single, but with the same income as before.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
Today Huawei makes products from routers and switches to smartphones and is one of the world’s largest technology companies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
The researchers made a reconfigurable lamp shade with multistable switches that correspond to different colors of light.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
The firm specializes in copper cables used to connect AI servers to networking switches.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
Every year, someone from the village gets chosen to plug in the lights on the village hall, and then, one by one, everyone else in the village switches their Christmas lights on.
From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish
It is folded into a highly organized three-dimensional structure that helps control which genes are switched on or off.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026
The 27-year-old from Moscow, who switched allegiance to Kazakhstan in 2018 in search of greater support, is the deadliest server on the women’s circuit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
The report said these two engines were manually switched off, causing the remaining engine to reach its "overspeed trip threshold" and also deactivate.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Those who switched carriers cut their home-insurance premiums by an average of 6.6% over the last year, ICE noted.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
My pleading eyes switched back and forth between Mom and Dad.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
Hodgkinson will be pleased to have still had enough to overhaul two-time world 400m hurdles champion Broeders-Bol, who has made rapid progress in her first season since switching events.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
Instead of switching on genes that produce DNA repair proteins, the cells increased the activity of genes that promote cell death.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 12, 2026
“They’re switching brands, paying for lower-priced brands and looking at store brands.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
According to news reports, some schools have begun switching to remote learning, nine national parks have closed, and several flights have been delayed because of heavy smoke.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026
Pong heard the clink of an orb switching on, followed by its distinctive buzz.
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
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