switch on
Example Sentences
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Insurance is the kind of thing people don’t switch on and off, and Iran has been a potential hot spot for many years.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026
As muscles age, their stem cells build up high levels of a protein that makes them slower to switch on and repair damaged tissue.
From Science Daily • Feb. 23, 2026
There were days when I would wake in Scotland and switch on my phone, only for it to emit a rapid series of pings, and I would think to myself: Chloé’s been busy.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2025
Pub landlord James Fitzgerald will wait a while longer to switch on the outside Christmas lights at the Thatched House in London, as high energy bills cause financial pain across Britain.
From Barron's • Nov. 25, 2025
A lamp has been mounted above my divan bed so that in the future, when I hear the guns going off, I’ll be able to pull a cord and switch on the light.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
