Example Sentences

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“Modernist Cuisine” strapped turbo boosters to the slow, iterative experiments that had been happening in restaurant kitchens, delivering hundreds of ideas, models, and scientific answers on a scale that had been previously unthinkable.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 14, 2019

If you’ve ever wondered how skilled sales professionals seem to know exactly when to turn on the turbo boosters to get you to make the deal – take a good long look in the mirror.

From Forbes • Sep. 24, 2014

Now the turbo boosters have been deployed – it's got backing from a big US network, some stars and fancy American writers have come on board.

From The Guardian • Jul. 14, 2011