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on again

Idioms  
  1. see under off and on.


Example Sentences

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Humbled, I move on, again resolved not to let our unhoused neighbors feel invisible, nor to forget that homelessness is, among other adjectives, abnormal.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026

For example, a protein might briefly activate, then turn off, and later switch on again.

From Science Daily • Mar. 9, 2026

"We tried to go forward on a number of occasions, but then the response from India was on again, off again," he told me.

From BBC • Feb. 8, 2026

The on-and-off relationship between Nvidia and China appears to be back on again, after a report that China’s government has given the go-ahead to big companies including Alibaba to buy the U.S. semiconductor maker’s chips.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 23, 2026

When it did, I yelled out that we needed an order of large fries, and then I depressed the clutch and turned the car on again.

From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez