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on/off

noun as in button

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A man who subjected his on-off partner to a ferocious sexual attack after bingeing on lager and cocaine has been convicted of her murder.

From BBC

The actor has also hit the headlines a lot in the last year for his on-off relationship with Sabrina Carpenter, currently pop music's brightest star.

From BBC

In a 2019 study, Sackton and colleagues found that regulatory elements — the ones that determine when a gene is expressed as a protein, like an on-off switch — were where the action was.

From Salon

Logan MacPhail, now 17, had been obsessed with Holly during their 18-month, on-off relationship and was determined to control her, Micala says.

From BBC

Dempsey's on-off boyfriend at the time, 35-year-old Darryn John Armstrong, admitted the toddler's murder and was handed an automatic life sentence, but the minimum number of years he must serve before applying for parole has not yet been set.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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