on-off
adjective
1
: used to turn something on and off
an on-off switch
2
: relating to something that is sometimes on and sometimes off
a switch set to a random on-off pattern
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The second semester at Maxton Hall ended today with more teen drama getting in the way of the on-off romance between scrappy scholarship student Ruby (Harriet Herbig-Matten) and privileged posh boy James (Damian Hardung).
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Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 28 Nov. 2025
Still, there’s something unsettling about a creature with an on-off button and a spine that twists under your fingers.
—Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2025
Perry's new romance follows her split from ex-fiancé, Orlando Bloom; in June, PEOPLE confirmed that Perry and Bloom had called off their engagement after their nine-year, on-off relationship.
—Ilana Kaplan, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
In experiments, the device achieved an on-off switching ratio above 19 decibels.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2025
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Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 28 Nov. 2025
Still, there’s something unsettling about a creature with an on-off button and a spine that twists under your fingers.
—Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2025
Perry's new romance follows her split from ex-fiancé, Orlando Bloom; in June, PEOPLE confirmed that Perry and Bloom had called off their engagement after their nine-year, on-off relationship.
—Ilana Kaplan, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
In experiments, the device achieved an on-off switching ratio above 19 decibels.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2025
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“On-off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on-off. Accessed 8 Dec. 2025.
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