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switchover

[ swich-oh-ver ]

noun

  1. the act or process of changing from one power source, system, etc., to another.
  2. an act or an instance of changing from one job, belief, style, etc., to another.


switchover

/ ˈɪʃˌəʊə /

noun

  1. the act or an instance of changing from one method, policy, or technology to another

    the switchover to digital television

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of switchover1

First recorded in 1925–30; noun use of verb phrase switch over
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He was born in 1935 — he was a little racist or whatever, but he was a Democrat because Democrats used to run the South until that whole switchover after the Civil Rights Act.

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It expects the switchover will become increasingly rapid, partly because it believes it will become more difficult to buy petrol and diesel, as it is expected there will be fewer petrol stations by 2040.

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The switchover from Joe Biden to Kamala Harris happened so abruptly and went so smoothly, it’s almost as if there never was a Biden campaign.

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Data obtained via a Freedom of Information request revealed an increase in crossing payments not made on time since the switchover last July.

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But the BBC previously revealed only 770,000 of 1.7 million users had done this before the switchover.

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