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time switch

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noun

  1. an electric switch that can be set to operate an appliance, such as a light or an oven, at a particular time

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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However, legislation has stalled — largely because lawmakers cannot come to a consensus on what should replace the time switch.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 2026

But if you haven’t been preparing your pets for the switch, the good news is you can still adjust routines in 15-minute increments in the days after the time switch, Branson said.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 10, 2023

Farmers don’t give a hoot about DST and in fact strongly opposed it when the time switch was first made in March 1918 as a wartime measure.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 28, 2020

You can push a time switch on the wall and flood the landings with a yellow glare.

From New York Times ● Sep. 19, 2014

I am sending him by mail a time switch that he asked me about.

From The High Calling by Charles Monroe Sheldon

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