turns on
Example Sentences
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The small light that turns on when the glasses are recording appears dim in daylight and often goes unnoticed, he said.
From BBC • May 13, 2026
Scientists have uncovered a molecular "switch" in mice that turns on a hidden energy-burning system inside brown fat, a discovery that could eventually help researchers develop new treatments for bone disease.
From Science Daily • May 12, 2026
The answer turns on a woman named Lisa Cook.
From Slate • Apr. 24, 2026
Virginia Woolf complained that Dickens compensated for weak plotting by “throwing another handful of people on the fire,” but the plot of Dickens’s 1865 novel, “Our Mutual Friend,” turns on death by water.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
He doesn’t say anything as he walks inside and turns on the light and drops his keys on the countertop with a clatter.
From "Hurricane Child" by Kheryn Callender
