How to Use kill switch in a Sentence
kill switch
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Fried said this kill switch is what makes the arrangement workable.
—Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 1 June 2026
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An internet kill switch is not a problem only for the very online.
—Holly Dagres, The Atlantic, 5 June 2026
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CIOs should treat the kill switch as a backstop, not a strategy.
—David Chou, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
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The kill switch is a theory about what will happen under pressure.
—Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 1 June 2026
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Zavery demonstrated the kill switch live on stage.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 6 May 2026
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The Hugging Face breach didn’t fail because nobody built a kill switch.
—David Chou, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
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While underway, ensure your engine cutoff switch (aka kill switch) link is attached.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 23 July 2026
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Congress can mandate a kill switch, and the industry can build an alliance around open defensive tools.
—David Chou, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
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Architects must build a central kill switch that instantly cuts off the AI if an anomaly occurs.
—Naveen Jayaram, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
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The talking points argued that temporary pauses for security testing should not be treated as evidence of a kill switch.
—Ron Schmelzer, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
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Features like an automatic kill switch and leak protection help prevent exposure if the connection drops.
—Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 5 May 2026
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Unlike Waymo, sometimes Tesla moves that person over to the passenger seat with access to a kill switch should anything go wrong.
—Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 21 July 2026
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America’s attempt to calm fears of an AI kill switch may be giving foreign governments another reason to build one of their own.
—Ron Schmelzer, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
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But other settings, such as kill switch and automatic connection, align with the VPN on Windows.
—Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 24 June 2026
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Encode what must never break—asset conservation, rate limits, access rules—directly into contracts, and add pause/kill switches that cap blast radius.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 19 Feb. 2026
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Full traceability of actions and decisions backed by audit logs, human-in-the-loop escalation and kill switches ensures oversight remains actionable.
—Sumeet Agrawal, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
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Find My, kill switches, biometric locks—every major intervention since has lived in the operating system, not on the device's exterior.
—Antonia Bremeyer, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
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An automatic kill switch helps prevent IP exposure if the connection drops, while double VPN servers add another layer of routing for sensitive tasks.
—Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 28 Apr. 2026
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The cable instructed officials to challenge claims that temporary security restrictions amount to a kill switch and to push back against digital sovereignty programs that favor local infrastructure over American platforms.
—Ron Schmelzer, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
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Additional features include CleanWeb, which blocks ads, trackers, and malware at the network level, and a kill switch that cuts internet access if the VPN connection drops unexpectedly.
—Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 24 July 2026
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On all four platforms, the SecureLine VPN offers a kill switch to prevent accidental transmission of unprotected data if the VPN connection drops.
—Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 24 June 2026
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Some cool features include a kill switch that automatically disconnects you from the internet if the VPN connection fails, as well as split tunneling that allows selected apps to use the VPN connection while others transmit data in clear text.
—K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 25 June 2026
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But the Damascene realization regarding the precariousness of American manufacturing that followed spurred a flurry of activity in Washington—as well as among nations that balked at an authoritarian superpower effectively having a permanent kill switch over their industrial output.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 21 Apr. 2026
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