as in now
keenly aware of and responsive to the latest developments especially in fashion and entertainment
a film genre that today's turned-on moviegoers seem little interested in
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as in attacked
to take sudden, violent action against
it is dangerous to keep tigers as house pets, as they often turn on their masters without warning
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as in thrilled
to cause a pleasurable stimulation of the feelings
unsurprisingly, the fanboys were turned on by the movie's amazing special effects and slam-bang plot
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as in activated
to cause to function
would you turn on the TV?
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Recent Examples of turned-on
Mark Minevich,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
While Kalshi and Polymarket are both billion-dollar brands, the already controversial prediction market could be turned on its head if the man controlling Facebook and Instagram gets his way.
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Justin Klawans,
TheWeek,
29 June 2026
Another officer, Linuel Joel, turned on the lights and sirens of his police Tahoe and attempted to get the vehicle to pull over.
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 June 2026
Tech companies have turned on the charm offensive in a bid to turn the tide.
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Tristan Bove,
Fortune,
22 June 2026
The memory capture showed that DfIsTsmeEnabled, an internal AGESA flag that controls whether TSME is activated during the firmware initialization process, showed that it was not turned on.
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Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
15 June 2026
The food bank — which is located on Broadway in Merrillville — lost power Thursday, but Sheaks said the building’s generators turned on, so their cold storage food was fine.
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Maya Wilkins,
Chicago Tribune,
15 June 2026
The bear then turned on her, biting and clawing her.
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Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
10 June 2026
The city’s emergency sirens can be triggered remotely or turned on at several physical locations in the city, Esquilín García said.
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Shelly Bradbury,
Denver Post,
9 June 2026
Verb
Advanced models can be turned on critical infrastructure or used to probe nuclear command and control systems, and this is not hypothetical.
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Mark Minevich,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
While Kalshi and Polymarket are both billion-dollar brands, the already controversial prediction market could be turned on its head if the man controlling Facebook and Instagram gets his way.
—
Justin Klawans,
TheWeek,
29 June 2026
Another officer, Linuel Joel, turned on the lights and sirens of his police Tahoe and attempted to get the vehicle to pull over.
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 June 2026
Tech companies have turned on the charm offensive in a bid to turn the tide.
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Tristan Bove,
Fortune,
22 June 2026
The memory capture showed that DfIsTsmeEnabled, an internal AGESA flag that controls whether TSME is activated during the firmware initialization process, showed that it was not turned on.
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Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
15 June 2026
The food bank — which is located on Broadway in Merrillville — lost power Thursday, but Sheaks said the building’s generators turned on, so their cold storage food was fine.
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Maya Wilkins,
Chicago Tribune,
15 June 2026
The bear then turned on her, biting and clawing her.
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Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
10 June 2026
The city’s emergency sirens can be triggered remotely or turned on at several physical locations in the city, Esquilín García said.
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Shelly Bradbury,
Denver Post,
9 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for turned-on
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The now 22-year-old, who grew up in Westfield, New Jersey, shared a now-viral clip from the first episode of her cooking show Cooking with Ley Ley Shea on her TikTok.
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All of the world’s greatest golfers combined are boring compared to Tiger and his now Elvis-like descent.
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Police said former professional soccer player Badea and another man attacked Zeraati before fleeing in a getaway car driven by Stana and then flying out of the country from Heathrow Airport.
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The three men who attacked our CBS News Chicago crew near Adler Planetarium before pointing a gun at people in Brighton Park on Monday afternoon have been charged.
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In the outdoor category, we’re thrilled to have found the Signature Design by Ashley Clare View Outdoor Patio Sofa so steeply discounted.
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The Courant has reported some colonists were not exactly thrilled by the notion of severing ties with England and that true believers in independence probably initially were in the minority, as with all revolutions.
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If that goes well, he could be activated during the final series before the All-Star break.
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It's also activated its voluntary load reduction program and is asking large commercial and industrial customers to cut their electricity use.
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What space the library does have is overwhelmingly downtown.
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Almost everything on this list is directly downtown, with two or so things being a 10- to 15-minute drive away.
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The singer, who notably assaulted ex-girlfriend and Fenty beauty mogul Rihanna the night before the 2009 Grammy Awards, pleaded not guilty last year in the Diaw case.
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One of the suspects also assaulted and sprayed paint on a person, and when officers tried to detain the suspects several blocks away at Turk and Taylor streets, other people surrounded and obstructed the officers, police said.
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Buyers Need To Believe The Future Getting the next buyer excited depends on who that buyer is.
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OutKick when asked what excited him about the job.
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These episodes have been triggered by intense heat domes — stubborn areas of high pressure that lock hot air in place — and are clearly supercharged by global warming, experts say.
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Throughout the game, seeing green shirts on the large screen triggered cheers through the crowd, while boos came up when yellow kits were displayed.
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