Examples of circuit breaker in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web One of the island’s four main power plants had suffered the failure of a circuit breaker, erupting in flames. — Xander Peters, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 May 2022 The company has said a circuit breaker failure could have caused the blackout after a fire erupted late Wednesday at the Costa Sur power plant in southern Puerto Rico. — Fox News, 10 Apr. 2022 Officials are now focused on investigating what caused the failure of a circuit breaker. — Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2022 SafeCore acts as a circuit breaker to prevent lithium-ion batteries from igniting from internal shorts, overcharging or overheating — which is known as thermal runaway. — Mike Freeman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Feb. 2022 There's been hope that tech earnings could serve as a circuit breaker. — Julia Horowitz, CNN, 26 Jan. 2022 The circuit breaker had been disconnected and various jewelry and electronics were stolen, police said. — Pioneer Press Staff, chicagotribune.com, 4 Jan. 2022 Meanwhile the management of the Texas power grid is harshly criticized by members of Congress who could not personally reset a home circuit breaker without the help of at least four consultants and a pollster. — Dave Barry, Washington Post, 26 Dec. 2021 In a sign that the relief was limited, Turkey’s stock market resumed its multiday slide after news of the government plan, triggering two circuit breaker halts in trading. — Jared Malsin, WSJ, 21 Dec. 2021 See More

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“Circuit breaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/circuit%20breaker. Accessed 20 May. 2022.

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