turn on
Example Sentences
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On 27 March, as Suryavanshi blows out the candles, the question quietly turns on its head: not whether he is ready - but whether the world is.
From BBC
Taiwan has at least three months of oil stockpiled, and it is turning on some of its coal-fired plants, 40% of which are typically idle, and buying coal from Indonesia and Australia.
From Barron's
Those who do not confirm how old they are or are underage will have web content filters turned on automatically.
From BBC
She isn’t turning on any lights in her house until the sun goes down to trim an electricity bill that is around $180 a month.
In Huerta’s case, critics just don’t buy how someone who carried Chávez’s torch decades after his death could all of a sudden supposedly turn on him.
From Los Angeles Times
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