How to Use switch off in a Sentence
switch off
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In living creatures, DNA molecules twist and coil as certain genes turn on and others switch off.
—Saima S. Iqbal, Scientific American, 11 July 2024
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And when they’re switched off, the wearer can’t hear at all.
—Emily Mullin, WIRED, 24 Jan. 2024
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This is its virtue: to switch off, to put a stop to make-believe.
—Elizabeth Barber, Harper's Magazine, 9 Feb. 2024
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The Olsen twins switched off playing Michelle during the show’s run.
—Zack Sharf, Variety, 25 Apr. 2023
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The battery can last for up to 300 hours with the backlighting switched off.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
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The city is also working with LG&E to switch off power to lines that have been downed.
—Rachel Smith, The Courier-Journal, 2 Apr. 2024
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In the near future, Araujo plans to switch off the lights in the deli case in the evenings and open for dinner with a full menu of pasta and wine.
—Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2023
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The plasma machine is switched off with eight minutes left to go.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 15 June 2024
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Ted Sheedy thought of their emergency radios, switched off for the stalk.
—Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 30 Aug. 2023
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Corey told them the family often chose not to arm the system, and that it had been switched off that night.
—Jim Axelrod, CBS News, 13 Jan. 2024
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In the evenings, switch off the lights altogether in favor of candlelight or the glow of a fire.
—Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
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When Yusuf bumbles back into the front room, Mahmut scrambles to switch off the filth and return to Tarkovsky.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 May 2023
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One user complained that the iPhone 15 Pro Max got hot enough to switch off during a call and then took a few minutes to come back on.
—Mark Gurman, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2023
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Merz had the presence of mind to crawl from underneath the car and switch off the engine to prevent an explosion.
—Dawn Mitchell, The Indianapolis Star, 21 May 2024
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Merz had the presence of mind to crawl from underneath the car and switch off the engine to prevent an explosion.
—Dawn Mitchell, The Indianapolis Star, 22 May 2024
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The beam switched off, and the water outside filled with miniature explosions.
—Brad Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2023
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Problems with a wire for the seat heating in the affected vehicles could cause the air bag to switch off when someone is in the front seat.
—Hannah Ziegler, Washington Post, 26 June 2024
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What’s more, 46% struggle to switch off during their downtime.
—Dede Henley, Forbes, 13 Aug. 2023
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The air was cool and thick with fog, the sea placid, the engine switched off, and the Titanic was some thirty-eight hundred metres below.
—Ben Taub, The New Yorker, 1 July 2023
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With noise cancellation switched off, the Buds Pro should offer up to 11 hours of playback on a single charge (or up to 39 hours with the case).
—Emma Roth, The Verge, 26 Sep. 2023
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This is when the Super Heavy booster will switch off its engines and release from the Starship upper stage to climb into space.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 18 Nov. 2023
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Ruth, a lawyer, and her husband can both work remotely and plan to switch off at the end of the year, with Ruth heading back to Florida and her husband coming here.
—Katie Johnston, BostonGlobe.com, 14 July 2023
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Two carmakers, Kia and Subaru, have tried to comply with the law by switching off the telematic services in their cars.
—Hiawatha Bray, BostonGlobe.com, 26 May 2023
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So how does the coffee company chief manage it all, maintain a strict work-life balance, and switch off after a long day’s work?
—Byorianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2023
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Shelters housing tens of thousands of families are switching off the lights.
—Chao Deng, WSJ, 31 Oct. 2023
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Also much faster than a human could switch off an ordinary high beam headlight.
—Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 15 Feb. 2024
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This is when the Super Heavy booster will switch off its engines and release from the Starship upper stage to climbing into space.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 18 Nov. 2023
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On the ground level, the store has video walls that project sweeping views of Central Park and Manhattan’s skyline or, when switched off, double as mirrors.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 20 Apr. 2023
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As the group walks into the elevator for Ducky's memorial, Jimmy returns to the autopsy room to switch off the lights, a slight smile across his face.
—Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2024
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Every female cell must switch off one of its X chromosome copies, to avoid getting a toxic double dose of all those genes.
—TIME, 2 Feb. 2024
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